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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.
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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!
Kuis
Read the message, no reply. That's called
Laughing hard in Korean chat: