Korean family game
Twenty relatives, and four of them depend on who is speaking rather than who is being described. A man calls his older brother hyeong and his older sister nuna; a woman calls the same two people oppa and eonni.
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Five games take this set. Kraken Escape is the right one, because it puts a word against a meaning and asks whether the pair is right, which is exactly the judgement the four sibling words demand.
The 20 words you will practise
| Korean | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| 어머니eomeoni | mother | uh-muh-NEE |
| 아버지abeoji | father | ah-buh-JEE |
| 부모님bumonim | parents | boo-moh-NEEM |
| 딸ttal | daughter | tahl |
| 아들adeul | son | AH-deul |
| 아이ai | child | AH-ee |
| 형hyeong | older brother (said by a male) | hyuhng |
| 오빠oppa | older brother (said by a female) | OH-pah |
| 누나nuna | older sister (said by a male) | NOO-nah |
| 언니eonni | older sister (said by a female) | UHN-nee |
| 동생dongsaeng | younger sibling | dohng-SAENG |
| 남동생namdongsaeng | younger brother | nahm-dohng-SAENG |
| 여동생yeodongsaeng | younger sister | yuh-dohng-SAENG |
| 할머니halmeoni | grandmother | hahl-muh-NEE |
| 할아버지harabeoji | grandfather | hah-rah-buh-JEE |
| 이모imo | aunt, mother's sister | EE-moh |
| 삼촌samchon | uncle, father's brother | sahm-CHOHN |
| 아내anae | wife | AH-nae |
| 남편nampyeon | husband | nahm-PYUHN |
| 가족gajok | family | gah-JOHK |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the Korean family lesson.
5 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
Questions
Hyeong, oppa, nuna or eonni?
All four mean an older sibling, and the speaker's own gender picks which. A male speaker says hyeong for an older brother and nuna for an older sister. A female speaker says oppa and eonni for the same two people. No other language in this library works this way.
What about younger siblings?
Dongsaeng covers any younger sibling regardless of anyone's gender. If it matters, namdongsaeng is a younger brother and yeodongsaeng a younger sister. All three are in the set.
Are these words only for family?
No, and that is worth knowing before you hear it. Oppa and eonni are used for close friends and partners who are older, and hyeong and nuna the same way. The family word carries the closeness, not just the relation.
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