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저는 미국 수화 과외쌤이서 이 단어들 배웠어요
I’m a tutor primarily (I tutor ASL specifically), and while at work I decided to write ASL Tutor on the board in both English and Korean. But I had to learn the Korean word and turns out there’s a lot of options:
Formal Words
과외선생님
This means ‘tutor’! The 선생님 on the end means ‘teacher’, the -님 adding respect to the word.
개인교사
This is literally translated as ‘private/individual teacher’.
개인 = individual
교사 = teacher
가정교사
This one is literally ‘home teacher’.
가정 = home
교사 = teacher
Casual/Informal Words
과외선생
This one actually sounds rude! It’s because in this word the -님 is left off and the -님 indicates respect.
과외쌤
This word is both cute and respectful! It has a friendly nuance to it. 쌤 is an abbreviation/slang of 선생님.
As a Verb
The verb form is 과외하다.
~ Hannah
Satyanghae Korean 