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Why “이름이 뭐예요?” Sounds a Bit Too Direct If you translate “What’s your name?” literally into Korean, you get: 이름이 뭐예요? Grammatically? ✅ Correct Naturally polite in real life? 🤔 Not quite. In many day-to-day situations, expressions like: * 이름이 뭐예요? * 직업이 뭐예요? * 몇 살이에요? * 전화번호 뭐예요? are technically correct but can

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The Seollal Survival Guide to Korean Family Terms (Without the Headache) Seollal is just around the corner in Korea (Feb 16–18)! Seollal (설날) is the holiday when families gather, do New Year’s bow (세배), and eat together. So, you’ll hear a lot of family titles flying around.