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[huffdaddy]

To say

My name is ________.


The online Korean I'm doing uses:

저는 _______ 예요.

My gf says that sounds feminine, and I should say:

저는_______ 입니다.


Not that I don't trust my gf, but I sometimes have my concerns.

edit: Oops. Sorry Q. It should be 예요 not 여요.
edit again: adding 저는

koreantag

[Qinella]

여요? Cool, I haven't heard of that before. Maybe it's an informal way of speaking?

Here's a standard way to say your name: 저는 헢대디 예요.

Here's a formal way to say your name: 제 이름은 헢대디 입니다.

The second one is very formal. I think there's another way to say it for informal situations such as meeting a new drinking buddy, but I could be wrong about this: 헢대디라고요. (Call me Huffdaddy.)


Whoops, particle mistake. 제 "이름이"라 하거나 "제 이름은"이라 그럴까...? hmm..

[sjrm]

i heard from a student of mine. 내이름은 ___________ 입니다

[huffdaddy]

[out of context]

I've never heard that it was more masculine to use the 합쇼 form. You can also say 저는 ______이라고 해요 (or 합니다).

[Qinella]

[huffdaddy]

[Qinella]

[Hater Depot]

I think it's fun to say "People call me Hater Depot."

저는 ___이라고 해요

[Privateer]

I've heard before about the '입니다' (합쇼) endings sounding more masculine. It's a style that is correct and formal in a manly way.

In contrast, the '은/는데요' endings are sometimes used by way of being polite, but have more of a feminine feeling.

Anyway, that's what I've heard from Korean friends. Makes sense to me. If you want to sound serious use 합쇼 and if you want to be polite in a 'soft' way use '은/는데요'. Or just stick with the usual '요' endings...

[doggyji]

여요 definitely sounds feminine to me. Your gf told you that for 여요 not 예요, right? Both 여요(이어요) and 예요(이에요) are acknowledged as a standard expression. However, 여요 is not often used these days. Only in some old texts or old movies(~80's?), you can find it spoken by young females or children. I've never seen a grown man saying that. Oh, here's an exception. I think 이준기 playing a female role used 여요 quite a bit in the movie The King and the Clown. But my memory's blurred. Anyway it gives you warm cozy feelings. As for 예요, I don't think it particularly sounds very feminine. I never gave a thought to it that way. But if you compare it to 입니다, maybe a little so relatively after you think hard about it for a minute. Just that much. Of course, 예요 sound more informal and friendly than 입니다. I guess this leads to the feeling of feminity somehow.

[jmbran11]

My Korean grammar book says that the more formal style is more commonly used by men and the less formal style is more commonly used by women (I can't write Hangul on my computer). So, maybe that's why that version sounds more feminine to her - because more often females use it.

Of course, I have no idea whether that is accurate at all. Just a thought.

[yo han]

[MantisBot]

??? is a formal speech ending. ?? is less formal. In Korean culture, women are able to get away with speaking informally in many situations whereas men are expected to speak formally pretty much all the time unless they are with good friends.

For instance, on a first date (blind in this example) the man is expected to use all of the formal patterns one would use when meeting someone for the first time whereas the girl can get away with informalities often reserved for classmates or those who you haven't just met but don't know very well. Call it a double standard:p