How do you give permission for someone younger to use informal speech with you in korean?
I heard it sounds something like "no"??

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you mean '너'(neo)?
you can say it to your friends or person who is younger than you.

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The following is an excerpt from TTMIK.com's http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/6/6/b/66b366e373ac9165/ttmik-l3l27.pdf?c_id=2691945&expiration=1373040252&hwt=4c8d98df64eced951b9e6bcc81c1f848

I thought the explanation is fine so I copied it over here.

If you are the older one:
1. 말 놔도 돼요?
[mal nwa-do dwae-yo?]
= Can I speak in 반말 with you?
** 말을 놓다 [ma-reul no-ta] literally means to “put down the language” or “lower the language”.
2. 말 편하게 해도 돼요?
[mal pyeon-ha-ge hae-do dwae-yo?]
= Can I speak comfortably with you?

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