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How to Say Teacher in Korean: seon-saeng-nim

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. How do Koreans say "Teacher"?

์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜ (seon-saeng-nim) is the respectful word for teacher.

Q2. What is "Student" in Korean?

ํ•™์ƒ (hak-saeng) means student.

Q3. How do you say "Classroom" and "Question"?

๊ต์‹ค (gyo-sil) means classroom, and ์งˆ๋ฌธ (jil-mun) means question.

EPS TOPIK: How to Say "Teacher" in Korean

What does "์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜ (seon-saeng-nim)" mean?

์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜ (seon-saeng-nim) means "teacher" โ€“ a highly respected educator who teaches lessons and guides students.

Casual: ์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜์ด์•ผ (seon-saeng-nim-i-ya)
Polite: ์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜์ด์—์š” (seon-saeng-nim-i-e-yo)
Formal: ์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜์ž…๋‹ˆ๋‹ค (seon-saeng-nim-im-ni-da)

Grammar Breakdown

์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜ (seon-saeng-nim) = teacher
โ†’ ์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜๊ป˜ ๋ฌผ์–ด๋ณด๋‹ค (seon-saeng-nim-kke mul-eo-bo-da) = to ask the teacher

When to Use It

1. Teacher: ์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜ (seon-saeng-nim) teacher
2. Student: ํ•™์ƒ (hak-saeng) student
3. Blackboard: ์น ํŒ (chil-phan) blackboard
4. Classroom: ๊ต์‹ค (gyo-sil) classroom
5. Question: ์งˆ๋ฌธ (jil-mun) question

Real-Life Examples

์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜๊ป˜ ๋ฌผ์–ด๋ด seon-saeng-nim-kke mul-eo-bwa

Ask the teacher

๋‚˜๋Š” ํ•™์ƒ์ด์•ผ na-neun hak-saeng-i-ya

I am a student

๊ต์‹ค์— ๋“ค์–ด๊ฐ€ gyo-sil-e deu-reo-ga

Enter the classroom

Similar Expressions

โ€ข ํ•™์ƒ (hak-saeng) student
โ€ข ์น ํŒ (chil-phan) blackboard
โ€ข ๊ต์‹ค (gyo-sil) classroom
โ€ข ์งˆ๋ฌธ (jil-mun) question

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