[Video] Korean Kinship Terms – Part 1 (Oppa, Nuna, Hyeong, etc)

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Have you heard people calling others 오빠 [oppa], 누나 [nuna], etc in Korean before? If you were not sure how these terms work, this video will make it easy to understand for you!

[[ Vocabulary ]]
형 [hyeong] = older male for males
누나 [nu-na] = older female for males
오빠 [o-ppa] = older male for females
언니 [eon-ni] = older female for females
동생 [dong-saeng] = younger person
여동생 [yeo-dong-saeng] = younger female person
남동생 [nam-dong-saeng] = younger male person

In Part 2 and 3, we are going to cover the terms used among family members, such as “grandfather, uncle, aunt, niece,” etc.

Thanks for studying with us!!

22 Responses to  [Video] Korean Kinship Terms – Part 1 (Oppa, Nuna, Hyeong, etc) 

  1. Melissa says:

    WOW!!! Your site is great …..Thanks Its my first day…

    Thanks

  2. Ji_Won says:

    Great! Thank you TTMIK! I’m waiting for this. ^^,

  3. Zalika says:

    Awesome! Gamsa hapnida!!

  4. The most interesting,easier and funniest way to learn korean!!Gamsa hamnida TTMIK!!

  5. Samier says:

    I love this video! Great job :)

  6. Eastward says:

    Nice job and professionally done! Simple terms but are absolutely necessary for anyone learning Korean. TTMIK is the best.
    Eastward

  7. 재미있어요! 감사합니다!

  8. Even knowing those therms, I wanted to see the video and… 우와, 정말 잘 했는데요! You absolutely should continue on this video-lesson format! :D I have problems learning with videos hahaha my memory usually doesn’t work on this way… but you caught me on surprise on review time, I thought you would ask how the 22 y.o. male would call the older man, instead you ask how the 25 y.o. would ask the older man ㅋㅋ these surprises do make your brain work harder! :P

  9. Karla says:

    It’s very good! Congratulations!

    :P

  10. 감사합니다 언니, 오빠,여동생 ^^

  11. Victoria says:

    Wow…did you guys really draw these characters? Hyojin………you really look like one of the girls in there. Great job guys.

  12. MAUREEN says:

    nice lesson i always heard those nuna hyeong,eonni and oppa in korean drama now i can appreciate them well becouse i know their meanings.thx ttmk for a wonderful lesson ,sarangheyo

  13. nicky says:

    재미있죠…

  14. 안녀하세요

    Maybe I’m wrong but in the video 01:54 under the term 여동생 which is a younger sister/female, there is written the translation “younger brother”….

    And the same written under 남동생 which is correct ^^

    감사합니다 TTMIK !!!

  15. Annette says:

    TTMIK 선생님 분들이 안녕하세요!

    이 레슨은 너무 재미있어요. 항상 친절한 가르침을 주 셨어 정말 감사합니다! 수고하셨습니다 여러분!!

    I would be much grateful if you could teach us about the terms used for older/younger brother-in-law & sister-in-law.

  16. duyen says:

    I’m looking forward to watching the next video!!!!

  17. jidapanapapong says:

    감사합니다 언니

  18. Park Seul Byul says:

    Thank u Oppa and eonni…..This is really helpful…..Sarangheyo <3 <3

  19. Hwangle says:

    The word 언니 is for females call a older female. Why in some Korean Dramas, some male characters also use 언니 towards older woman?

  20. TF says:

    This lesson was really great, and so was the explanation. But I have a question. Why are some words prounced and romanized with an “ng” or “g” at the end, and then written without those letters in Hangul? Thanks.

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