What speech level to use when speaking to an audience? (한국어로)
I am memorizing the rules of honorific speech but there are still some things I am unsure of. For example, when speaking to an audience (such as on TV or on YouTube) or through writing (stories, essays, letters) which speech level would I use:
Hapsyo-che (~합니다)
Haeyo-che (~해요)
or
Haera-che (~한다)
감사합니다! ^^
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In those cases you should use "하십시오"style which was called "합쇼(hapsyo)"style before, in the other hand "해요"style is commonly used in everyday Korean.
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When speaking to an audience, mostly Hapsyo-che is used and sometimes Haeyo-che is used
Through writing, mostly Haera-che is used and sometimes Hapsyo-che is used
Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_speech_levels
Hapsyo-che is used
between strangers at the start of a conversation
among male co-workers
by TV announcers
to customers
in certain fixed expressions like 만나서 반갑습니다 "Pleased to meet you"
Haeyo-che is used mainly
in Korean phrasebooks for foreigners
between strangers, especially those older or of equal age
between female co-workers or friends
by younger speakers as a less old-fashioned alternative to the hao-che.
by men and women in Seoul as a less formal alternative to the hapsyo-che.
Haera-che is used
to close friends or relatives of similar age, and by adults to children
in impersonal writing (books, newspapers, and magazines) and indirect quotations ("She said that...")
in grammar books, to give examples
in some exclamations
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