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카톡 culture: group chats and 꾸물꾸물 replies

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친구 추가해 주세요 (add me as a friend) starts every relationship now. 1:1 채팅 (one-on-one), 단톡방 (group chat), and the sacred 읽씹 (read, no reply) — a word that explains a thousand broken hearts.

Message tone: ~요 polite, ~요+ㅋㅋ friendly, ~야/어 only with close friends. Emojis optional — Korean chat conveys tone with ㅋ count: one ㅋ is dry, ㅋㅋ is a smile, ㅋㅋㅋㅋ is laughing hard.

The closers: 잘 자 (good night), 굿밤 (good night, trendy), 내일 봬요 (see you tomorrow). Reply speed is affection. 꾸물꾸물 (sluggish) replies get called out — affectionately, in the 단톡방, forever.

Say these

  • 친구 추가해 주세요

    chingu chugahae juseyo

    add me as a friend

  • 읽씹했네요

    ingssiphaenneyo

    you read it and left me on read

  • 단톡방 확인해 보세요

    dantokbang hwaginhae boseyo

    check the group chat

  • 내일 봬요!

    naeil bwweyo

    see you tomorrow!

Check

  1. Read the message, no reply. That's called

  2. Laughing hard in Korean chat: