This week I want to expand my vocabulary in family topics. I will use the following resources:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkEV5CMabbY (Weekly Korean Words with Jae - Family)
- Easy Korean Series vocabulary cards.
Both of the resources indicates that that the proper use of "older brother" and "sister" will depend on the gender of the younger siblings. If the younger sibling is a woman, she will call her older sister, "eon-ni". If the younger sibling is a man, he will call his older sister "nuna".
Also the younger family members should use formal languages when talking to the older generations.
"O-ppa" means "older brother" to a girl, which also means boyfriend. Sometimes I was confused how can people tell he is a brother or a boyfriend? Or what if the boyfriend is younger than the girl? is it weird to call him "Oppa"?
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