In many cases, Korean people say "we, our, us" instead of "I, my, me."
It may sound weird (and even dangerous) to say so in English but it's very common and widely used in Korean. It's commonly known that Korea's communalism("We" culture) is reflected on its language, or vise versa.
Here are some examples for this: our school, our home, our mom/dad, our brother/sister, our wife/husband, ect.
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Even indians use 'we' more than 'I'. & that confuses people a lot!
ReplyDeleteAngeli comment is acceptable..Its true We Indian use our Country.. ( Hamara Desh, Our Country) Even we use My country too. That depend on condition..
ReplyDeleteI accept for Wife we dont use my wife not our wife as in Korea.. A strange but its is acceptable..
I've read about that in a Korean language book I bought.. In our country(Philippines), we use the pronouns like how the Americans use it.. we say 'my husband' 'our house' 'her book'.. with regards to using 'OUR', I think it's affectionate and possessive in a GOOD way.. ^___^
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