Yeah it is a bit more the other way. Guys and girls both have sentence endings that are a bit more gender specific at times and other intonations from what i understand, but men use the less formal ones more and are more “commanding” or dominant in their speech. But my understanding of things us quite basic too…

So guys are less formal in Japan? It’s the opposite in Korea. Women are allowed to use informal language a lot more whereas guys are more expected to use formal words and endings.

Yeah, much the same as Japanese. I thought that similarity was there. It makes it such a bitch. The other problem for guys with Japanese is when you go to japan and use the formal Japanese you are taught, you come across talking like a woman *sighs*.. Mainly cos men use less polite forms, or different forms in some cases.

But that makes a lot of sense why it is harder to follow when he chats with friends on the phone, where as when he talks slower for you he probably uses more formal and straight forward language to make things easier.

You will prob get a lot further with your Korean than i ever will with japanese, but will keep at it as i can.

my mother language is Persian.and I know basic Arabic and Indian bcz both are similar to Persian.I know English too and recently git IELTS.I know a little Korean though by watching their drama and variety shows.I just hope one year living in Korea and studying Korean language is enough bcz I have to start my study in university after that … maybe before I get there, I get a tutor for improving faster.
8 years?!!!!fluency is important but for the beginning just understanding them is good for me.

Which others have you learned? What is your first language? Knowing how to learn a language is half the battle, but Korean is drastically different from most Western languages. For an average learner with a European mother tongue, another European language takes about half the time to become highly proficient in compared to an East Asian language. They say it takes about 8 years for fluency for speakers of European languages learning Korean.

If you studied intensely for a year, obviously that would speed it up, but be patient. I suspect for most Westerners it would take more than a year for smooth communication.

You will have an easier time I think. It’s quite difficult but if you like studying and watch Korean stuff you’ll learn it faster.

oh,I see.I hope I don’t face serious problem related to language.I love Korea and I love study. If I learned it it would be my third or maybe fourth language. But Korea is way too much different from others.
Thanks for help <3

Yes many many differences. Depending on who is he talking to really changes the words and sentence endings. For example, yesterday he was talking to a friend, but this friend is a bit older than him, so he was using “hyung-nim” a lot, meaning older brother plus the respectful bit. If he was talking to a friend younger than him he wouldn’t have to do that. If he was speaking to a much older person or person in higher position he would be using more deferential or honorific language. Then there’s if he was talking ABOUT someone higher than him he’d add honorific infix.

If he is talking to someone from the region he is in Korea he could use his dialect.

It’s so confusing…