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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| I thought 자기 meant "oneself"..... |
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| It does. But it can also be used to refer to one's significant other depending on the context. |
Using this has the same implication as calling someone your soulmate..sort of in English.
It means you feel so close to them, they're you. At least that is what I've read about it. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:57 am Post subject: |
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| 누나 and 오빠 are not terms of endearment. |
오빠 아 아 아 !!! ... qualifies as endearment. 
What's really sick is when they call the boyfriend '아빠'! |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:59 am Post subject: |
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| As far as terms of endearment go, Koreans like to make up pet names for each other that no one has ever used before, to "make a new and special romantic feeling", so find some cute wordplay on their name or a private joke you guys have. |
징그럽다! |
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kellettp
Joined: 22 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| 누나 and 오빠 are not terms of endearment. |
오빠 아 아 아 !!! ... qualifies as endearment.
What's really sick is when they call the boyfriend '아빠'! |
Speaking from my own experience as a gyopo, I do not think it is a term of endearment. Think of when American girls call their boyfriend by their name in a cute/whiny voice. I wouldn't consider that person's name a term of endearment, its just being used in an endearing manner.
오빠 is a term that is used to refer to a guy regardless of how you feel about the person. I have people that call me 오빠 purely out of respect to my age and if they were my girlfriend then they would still respect my age and refer to me that way. The same applies to terms like 아줌마, 아저씨, 누나, etc....emotional attachment is irrelevant. Boyfriend's are still "오빠" because they are older. It isn't sick, its just how you refer to someone in Korean culture. |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: 2 Korean language questions |
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So just use English pet names, I assume your SO is Korean, so they'll dig it. |
No, he's American but we like to use Korean nicknames. If I call my fiance 자기 on the subway, will people look at me weird? Overall, I like that one the best that people have discussed. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:01 am Post subject: |
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| kellettp wrote: |
| 누나 and 오빠 are not terms of endearment. |
오빠 아 아 아 !!! ... qualifies as endearment.
What's really sick is when they call the boyfriend '아빠'! |
Speaking from my own experience as a gyopo, I do not think it is a term of endearment. Think of when American girls call their boyfriend by their name in a cute/whiny voice. I wouldn't consider that person's name a term of endearment, its just being used in an endearing manner. |
I agree with that.
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| 오빠 is a term that is used to refer to a guy regardless of how you feel about the person. I have people that call me 오빠 purely out of respect to my age and if they were my girlfriend then they would still respect my age and refer to me that way. The same applies to terms like 아줌마, 아저씨, 누나, etc....emotional attachment is irrelevant. Boyfriend's are still "오빠" because they are older. It isn't sick, its just how you refer to someone in Korean culture. |
From a gf to her bf, '오빠' isn't sick but '아빠' is. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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| If I call my fiance 자기 on the subway, will people look at me weird? |
If he isn't gyopo or another asian/american and you guys aren't otherwise talking in fluent korean...then probably yes. |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:08 am Post subject: |
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| If I call my fiance 자기 on the subway, will people look at me weird? |
If he isn't gyopo or another asian/american and you guys aren't otherwise talking in fluent korean...then probably yes. |
Good. I'll take it. |
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Fat_Elvis
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: In the ghetto
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| Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:41 am Post subject: |
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| 잠시만요/잠깐만요 is more natural, but really, why bother? How often do you hear people say it? Just push through and groan a lot, that's what everyone else does. |
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nathanrutledge
Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh
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| Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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From a gf to her bf, '오빠' isn't sick but '아빠' is. |
Man, I love it when they call me 근아빠, throw my hands in the air... 
Seriously though, I've always been under the impression that if you call a girl nuna, that you have set the tone of that relationship and once you've cast that die, game over. So, unless you are actually dating the person, I wouldn't call a girl nuna. |
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