We can use almost exactly the same shortening rule as above and instead ask:

Korean text conversation #2īut maybe we’re busy Sunday, and we’d rather meet sooner. To explain, Koreans will often shorten the “-면 (- myeon)” grammar point to simply adding the “ㅁ” onto the final syllable. Here, the new short part is the “ 만남” (mannam). We’ve also added “늦게 만남 밥 먹자” (neutge mannam bap meokja). This is only missing the “ㅎ,” and the pronunciation doesn’t change at all, so is the most obvious one we’ll do today (좋아 | joa). 조아~ 늦게 만남 밥 먹자 (joa~ neutge mannam bap meokja)Īnd in response to our friend above, a simple: “조아” (joa) will get the point across. Koreans will often shorten all days of the week by changing the “요일 (yoil)” into “욜 (yol).” So the above sentence means we’re meeting our friend on Sunday. Looking at the “에 만나 (e manna)” after “일욜 (illyol)” you can guess that this is either a place or time. In Korean texting, this phrase can be translated as 일욜에 만나 (illyore manna).

Korean text conversation #1ī: 조아~ 늦게 만남 밥 먹자^^ (joa~ neutge mannam bap meokja)

Korean Text Slang Explainedįor our example, we will be explaining the dialogue below. Then you’ll have a better feel for how words are constructed in Hangeul. If you want to really become a texting pro, you can try practicing typing Korean on your computer. You’ll very often find that a lot of Korean text slang is, in fact, a word that you do know, just written faster or shorter to speed up texting. The biggest tip we can give when trying to read Korean text messages if you don’t understand the word by itself is to read the message out loud. Get “Korean Texting” Free PDF Guide Korean Text Messagingįor texting, we’ll start with some of the Korean texting shorthand that you’ll run into on a daily basis and make you look more native as well.

Korean keyboard predictive text example