Cultura
Age is a public number
나이가 어떻게 되세요? — not rude, essential.
A explicação está em inglês. As linhas coreanas e o sentido seguem o seu idioma.
Koreans ask age early because it determines speech level, hierarchy, and who pours the soju. It's logistics, not rudeness.
빠른 년생 (early-year births) count as the older school year — the system that made same-age classmates different ages. 2023's reform changed counting, but conversations still happen.
동갑 (same age) = instant friendship mode. Older by one year = 오빠/언니/누나/형 territory. The words map your whole social world.
Diga isto
나이가 어떻게 되세요?
naiga eotteoke duseyo
How old are you? (polite)
동갑이에요!
donggabieyo
We're the same age!
저보다 한 살 많아요.
jeoboda han sal manayo
You're one year older than me.
빠른 90년생이에요.
ppareun gusimnyeonsaengieyo
I'm an early-1990 birth.
Conferir
Why do Koreans ask age early?
Say: we're the same age!