Decode The Korean Language: How Do You Politely Call Your Uncle? - Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County

Web삼촌 (samchon) is used when addressing your father’s brother. 삼촌은 아버지보다 두 살 어려요. (samchoneun abeojiboda du sal eoryeoyo. ) my uncle is 2 years younger than my father.

Webthis sound change is a bit less obvious to english speakers. Since korean doesn’t have the /v/ sound like in “very” they replace it with something similar to a “b”. Conjugating regular verbs/adjectives into honorific forms follows a simple pattern: In the case without batchim (받침) :.