Grandfather In Korean Language

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Grandfather in korean language. The formal version drops the 지 and replaces it with 님 to make 할아버님 which is like grandfather in english. For grandfather the term 할아버지 is most commonly heard and used. Translation for grandfather in the free english korean dictionary and many other korean translations. This applies to the word father too so if we want to say father in a formal situation we need to say 아버님 abeonim.

More than often people are calling the maternal grandfather as 외할아버지 but refers to paternal grandfather as just 할아버지 instead of 친할아버지. It s akin to grandpa in english. Paternal grandfather in korean is called 친할아버지 chin hal ah buh jee where maternal grandfather is called 외할아버지 woe hal ah buh jee.

Koreans celebrate the hwan gap a traditional 60th birthday party with lots of food and a big celebration. If you ve learned from korean books then you know that adding the 님 is for formal situations or for when you might see an older person on the street. Usually in korea a big birthday party is thrown when you turn 60 years old.

A list of basic korean words and phrases translated into english. How to say grandfather in korean mahalodotcom.