The relationship between senior and junior is a very important factor to determine how people address each other in Korea. So juniors say more polite greeting expression when they greet a senior. You can see various examples of buying situation.
< Buying newspaper >
- A: Sin mun ju se yo.------------Give me a newspaper, please.
- B: Eo neu sin mun yo?.----------Which newspaper?
- A: Korea Herald yo.-------------The Korea Herald, please.
- B: Yeo gi it seum ni da.--------Here you are.
- A: Eol ma ye yo?----------------How much is it?
- B: Sa baek won im ni da.--------It is 400 won.
- A: Yeo gi it seum ni da.--------Here you are.
- B: Go mab seum ni da.-----------Thank you.
- B: An nyeong hi ga se yo.-------Good bye.
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