I think what Hailey explained is quite appropriate and there will be no better answer. Even though 오빠, 형, 누나, 언니 are quite friendly words which can be used to call someone who is basically older than you, I feel like to, as an adult working in a company, put some additional information on the usage of these words. These words are usually for the people who are very close to you in term of non-business relations. So, usually you cannot use them for your boss, senior or people who you don't really know well. Of course there are some exceptions which are shown below: 1) In a shop or restaurant of average quality, you will hear customers(regardless of male or female) calling young female staff as 언니 in order to make an order or to request her help. Here, 언니 doesn't mean anything respectful but it's only a word used instead of waitress or female assistant. 2) You will find middle-aged gentleman A calling younger man B with 형 after B's family name or sir name. It means that the gentleman A is saying the word, 형, in order to express his affection or friendliness toward the man B. 3) When a girl calls a man as 오빠, it is translated that he is slightly older than her, and if she thinks he is quite older than her she may call him as 아저씨. You could understand why Korean man want to be called as 오빠 by women who is, in fact, much younger than him. 4) There are other exceptions. I guess somebody is going to explain to you soon.

Hi Hailey, I want to remind you Rose asked how to pronounce Hyejung. Even though I cannot deny that Hyejeong is a more common name than Hyejung, that's not appropriate reason for pronouncing Hyejung in a different way other than I explained. "Hyehjung, H+yeh Jung. Not heejonk." This is your answer. I don't have any intention to argue with you but I would like to ask if you really believe people can figure out what you explained is 혜정 and pronounce it correctly. I doubt that. Anyway, we all might need more thoughtful consideration to questioners. After joining this internet community several days ago, I found I really don't know much about my own language. So I tried to found necessary information regading correct transliteration and pronounciation symbols on the web, but most of the representative sites in Korea related to Hangul are really disappointing to me. Can you believe that I sent mails, suggesting some modification, to some of site managers . For the people who desire to learn Korean language, I think we need standardization and common rules as soon as possible. Comparing to Chinese and Japanese, I feel we are far behind in terms of internationalization of Korean language. I hope you feel in a similar way. Why don't we become good friends in this field? Thanks Heesu

The name HyeJung in Korean Character is 혜중. I'll give you pronounciation guide to read it correctly. [Pronounciation guide] As for YE in the first part of Hyejung, it is a vowel very similar to that of YES /jes/ whose pronounciation code is /je/. And U in the second syllable of Hyejung, it is very similar to the vowel of BOOK /buk/ whose pronounciation code is /u/ Please refer to following website : http://www.omniglot.com/writing/korean.htm

So, we need to specify who you are going to talk this words, "where are you going" at first. 1) It can be translated with several different suffixes depending on the person who you talk to. (1) To person who is younger than, close to And socially ranked lower than you : You, in general, use any of following three and there are more with slightly different suffixes. 어디 가? / 어디 가니? / 어디 가는 거니? Eo-Di Ga? Eo-Di Ga-Ni? Eo-Di Ga-Neun Geo-Ni? [Pronounciation Guide] eo(어) : it sounds similar to the vowel of the first syllable of hUrry. i (이) : it soundssimilar the last vowel of destinY. a (아) : it sounds similar to the first syllable of Apple which is pronounced by an English person. eu(으) : this sound doesn't exist in English but sounds similar to U but not the same. g (ㄱ) : this consonant in Korean is not exactly same as G in English. When it is the first consonant of a word, it sounds similar to K rather than G but not exactly same. Korean people think they pronounce it as G but, to foreigners, it sounds similar to K because it is pronounced as a voiceless sound. This is one of typical features of Korean consonants which foreingers shoul pay attention to. (2) To person who is elder than, not close to OR socially ranked higher than you : You, in general, use any of following three and there are more with slightly different suffixes. 어디 가세요? / 어디 가시나요? / 어디 가시는 거에요? Eo-Di Ga-Se-Yo? Eo-Di Ga-Si-Na-Yo Eo-Di Ga-Si-Neun Geo-E-Yo? [Pronounciation Guide] e (에) : it sound similar to the first vowel of Error. Yo(요) : it sounds similar to the first syllable of yoga

[Following answer is a part of my explanation that I gave to one of my friends when she asked me similiar questions] Unlike Enlish and other languages from similar origins, Ural Altai languages such as Korean, Turkish, Mogolian and Japanese all commonly have a typical way to express tense, question and respectfull attitude by means of adding suffixes right after the root of verbs. For example, In English you can say "Where are you going?" to any family members, friends, teachers, neighbors and so on regardless of their ages, whether he is your husband, in-law, or your son. However in Korean, when a listener is older than, ranked higher than, or not close enough to a speaker, the speaker should add appropriate suffixes to show some respectful attitude while speaking.

Hi You appear to be interested in reading Korean characters in correct way. Have you tried the material which is available from The National Institute of The Korean Language. This is probably helpful if you are already able to read Korean character one by one but don't know about liaison occuring between characters. Open http://www.korean.go.kr/hangeul/cpron/main.htm and focus on Sound Change. If you need lower level materials than this, please let me know.

The sound of 애 is similar to the first vowel of Apple pronounced in American style, while 에 sounds similar to the first vowel of Error. The difference is which direction you open your mouth and lips. With 애, your mouth is opened wide vertically (upward and downward), and for 에, your mouth open wide horizontally (right and left). I hope my anwer would be helpful.