Family (가족)
I don’t have these committed to memory yet and I should. These words periodically appear in example sentences we get and it would be nice to have some of these memorized. Get ready, though, because there are a lot of words and they fork contingent on the relation of the family member to you.
| 한글 | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 어머니 (엄마) | Mother (Mom) |
| 아버지 (아빠 ) | Father (Dad) |
| 부모님 | Parents |
| 형 | Older brother (and you are a boy) |
| 오빠 | Older brother (and you are a girl) |
| 누나 | Older sister (and you are a boy) |
| 언니 | Older sister (and you are a girl) |
| 동생 | Younger sister |
| 남동생 | Younger brother |
| 조부모님 | Grandparents |
| (외/친)할아버지 | (Mother’s side/Father’s side) grandfather |
| (외/친)할머니 | (Mother’s side/Father’s side) grandmother |
| 삼촌 (외삼촌) | Father’s side uncle (Mother’s side uncle) |
| 고모 (이모) | Father’s side aunt (Mother’s side aunt) |
Oh, it gets better if you want to talk about your spouse…
| 한글 | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 남편 | Husband (most polite/neutral) |
| 주인 | Husband (as in “master” and head of the household; don’t use this) |
| 바깥양반 | Husband (quaint, also kind of problematic) |
| 주인양반 | Husband (basically same as 주인, problematic) |
| 아비 | Husband (if wife is talking to her elders) |
| 애비 | Husband (more “my child’s father”, old-fashioned) |
| 아내 | Wife (most polite/neutral) |
| 부인 | Wife (in practice: not yours) |
| 안사람 | Wife (literally: “inside person”, as in the house… yeah…) |
| 에미 | Wife (more “my child’s mother”, like 애비) |