#sample sentences

성

family name, last name

Sample Sentence:

'김'은 한국에서 가장 흔한 성이다.

Kim is the most common family name in Korea.

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이름

first name, given name

Sample sentence:

아기 이름은 수현이라고 지었어요.

We decided to call the baby Suhyeon.

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성함

honorific of 이름

Sample sentence:

성함이 어떻게 되세요?

What is your name?

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본명

real name, given name

예명

stage name

Sample sentence:

저는 프로필에 본명이 아닌 예명을 씁니다.

I use my stage name instead of my real name in my profile.

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실명

real name

Sample sentence:

일부 온라인 서비스를 이용할 때는 실명 확인이 필요합니다.

Real-name authentication is required for some online services.

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가명

alias

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별명

nickname

Sample sentence:

저는 별명으로 불리는 게 싫어요.

Intermediate Grammar #15: ~느라고 “Because of that…sth negative”

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The first clause is a reason or cause for the second (usually negative in nature)

Equivalent to “Because of that…”

Usage:

Can be shortened to ~느라

Action in the first clause continued partially or completely with that of second

Don’t: use positive clauses afterward – it sounds unnatural

Don’t: use propositive/imperative forms

Don’t: use past tense ~았/었

psqqa submitted:

From Lyle Campbell's Historical Linguistics: An Introduction (2nd Edition).

Anon submitted: