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Today’s Phrase
어디가 아프세요?
eo·di·ga a·peu·se·yo
eodiga apeusseyo?
Where does it hurt? (honorific)
Did You Know?
Korean has dedicated honorific vocabulary for medical contexts. Doctors and nurses use 아프시다 (to be in pain, honorific) and 드시다 (to eat/take medicine, honorific) with patients. Even in pharmacies, staff will use 어디가 아프세요? as their first question.
Phrase Breakdown
어디가
eodiga
where (subject)
어디 (where) + 가 (subject particle)
아프세요?
apeusseyo?
does it hurt? (honorific)
아프다 + -시- (honorific) + -어요 (polite)
Asks respectfully where someone is experiencing physical pain.
Example Phrases
어디가 아프세요? 오래 됐어요?
Eodiga apeusseyo? Orae dwaesseoyo?
Where does it hurt? Has it been for a long time?
오래 됐다 = ‘it has been a long time’.
배가 많이 아프세요?
Baega mani apeusseyo?
Does your stomach hurt a lot?
배 = stomach; 많이 = a lot.
병원에 가 보셨어요?
Byeongwone ga bosyeosseoyo?
Have you been to a hospital?
가 보셨어요? = ‘have you tried going?’ (honorific past).
Related Phrases
괜찮으세요?
gwaenchaneuseyo?
Are you okay? (honorific)
Honorific check on someone’s wellbeing.
열이 있으세요?
yeori isseusseyo?
Do you have a fever?
Checking for temperature symptoms.
많이 나아지셨어요?
mani naajisyeosseoyo?
Are you feeling much better?
Asking about recovery in honorific form.
Quick Review
제 실수예요
Can you recall what this means?
je silsuyeyo
It was my mistake