subtilités

Asking someone’s name

이름 묻기·Prepared table·Reviewed by a person

Senior · older acquaintance

해요체

선배님 성함이 어떻게 되세요?

Most common

  • Word swapped이름→성함
  • Subject honorific -시-세
  • Title added선배님
  • Softened뭐→어떻게 되
  • Ending야→요

Other ways to say it

  • 성함이 어떻게 되세요?

    Without a title, mid-conversation

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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