By Alek Sigley Terms of Address in North and South Korea In this next instalment in our guide on how to speak the North Korean version of Korean, we’ll look at something very every day and practical—terms of address. This is generally one of the first things beginners learn when opening up their fresh, first level Korean language textbooks. But just like the Korean terms for referring to “Korea” as a country which we looked at in the previous instalments, historical circumstances and the separation of the two Koreas has manifested itself in different linguistic habits when it comes to basic terms of address in the two Koreas as well. Comrades Big and Small The most salient of these differences might be the North Korean usage of the words tongji (동지) and tongmu (동무), which may be translated as “comrade” in English. Much like in the China or Russia of… [Read More]
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