But what I struggle with is that you aren't supposed to use 'she' or 'he' much either, are you? So what if you are referring to a person who's name you don't know, for instance say my little brother is playing with a kid in the park, but he never learns her name, then we're talking about her later and I wanna say "She was cute." Or "She is cute." Same for 'You' although you wouldn't use that as often, but what if you're saying something like "Hey! You over there! Yes you." To some whose name you don't know? I'm just looking for an explanation.
That is correct, Koreans tend to avoid he or she as well. If you don't know someone's name, you might simply say for example "that person/man/woman/child" (그 사람/남자/여자/아이 [geu saram/namja/yeoja/ai]), or refer to someone as mister/miss (아저씨/아줌마 [ajeossi/ajumma]), etc. If you want to say "Hey you", then 저기요 [jeogiyo] will almost always suffice without needing to say "you". It may take some getting used to that there is very often no need for pronouns in Korean since it is a contextual language and you can often leave out the subject of a sentence entirely. An easy example is how in English we would say "Are you okay?", in Korean you simply say 괜찮아? [gwaenchanha] without the need to say you at all. Hope that helps! 🙂
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But what I struggle with is that you aren't supposed to use 'she' or 'he' much either, are you? So what if you are referring to a person who's name you don't know, for instance say my little brother is playing with a kid in the park, but he never learns her name, then we're talking about her later and I wanna say "She was cute." Or "She is cute." Same for 'You' although you wouldn't use that as often, but what if you're saying something like "Hey! You over there! Yes you." To some whose name you don't know? I'm just looking for an explanation.
That is correct, Koreans tend to avoid he or she as well. If you don't know someone's name, you might simply say for example "that person/man/woman/child" (그 사람/남자/여자/아이 [geu saram/namja/yeoja/ai]), or refer to someone as mister/miss (아저씨/아줌마 [ajeossi/ajumma]), etc. If you want to say "Hey you", then 저기요 [jeogiyo] will almost always suffice without needing to say "you".
It may take some getting used to that there is very often no need for pronouns in Korean since it is a contextual language and you can often leave out the subject of a sentence entirely. An easy example is how in English we would say "Are you okay?", in Korean you simply say 괜찮아? [gwaenchanha] without the need to say you at all. Hope that helps! 🙂
@Learn.Korean.With.Kdramas Thanks for this, it makes sense.👍