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Asking someone’s age

나이 묻기·Prepared table·Reviewed by a person

Senior · older acquaintance

해요체

연세가 어떻게 되세요?

Most common, respectful phrasing

  • Word swapped나이→연세
  • Subject honorific -시-세요
  • Softened어떻게 되
  • Ending야→세요

Other ways to say it

  • 몇 년생이세요?

    Indirect approach asking for birth year

Changes are measured against the form you’d use with a close friend.Word swappedSubject honorific -시-ParticleTitle addedSoftenedEndingnot in the dictionary

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