tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post1308593526932538154..comments2024-03-18T07:07:53.346-04:00Comments on Ask a Korean!: Ask a Korean! Wiki: Oppa! Oppa! Oppa!T.K. (Ask a Korean!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-72102239391069597492016-12-27T17:39:22.422-05:002016-12-27T17:39:22.422-05:00I'm a non-Korean girl and I have a older male ...I'm a non-Korean girl and I have a older male Korean friend. I call him oppa and he doesn't seem bothered with it. Infact when I call "오빠" to him he usually responds with "응?" So it doesn't seem to bother him at all. So, it's okay to call him oppa as a greeting or you can mean it in a flirtatious way if you're really trying. Hope I helpedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180631895679794748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-48020300960588534642016-10-09T04:59:29.323-04:002016-10-09T04:59:29.323-04:00Hey.. Is it true about yeobo is a called that jus...Hey.. Is it true about yeobo is a called that just for husband to call his wife? Why i watch a movie, theres also had wife called her husband yeobo... Im confusing here, hope you can help me Princess Ellynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418324706761753436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-57362613028851885262016-02-24T10:20:01.523-05:002016-02-24T10:20:01.523-05:00Very old post, but I am very shocked that no one m...Very old post, but I am very shocked that no one made a Biggie Smalls "I love it when you call me big Oppa" joke! Regardless, I am a white American, but I have a Korean friend, a gyopo, from what I learned on this post. She is a first generation American. To quote an earlier comment, "On a side note, the caterwaul of "OPPA~~~~!" by girls wanting something from the guys just irritates me." she does this all the time, but only when talking to her father. I think I may be mistaken, and rather she is saying "Abba", which seems like it would make much more sense. Skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973047128893923522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-5912923636376544232016-02-05T21:39:10.016-05:002016-02-05T21:39:10.016-05:00In my puertorrican culture, we call "papi&quo...In my puertorrican culture, we call "papi" (that is the equivalent to "daddy") to our husband, boyfriend and to our father. It is normal for us. The same, the man call "mami" to the wife or girlfriend and to the mother. In fact, call "papi" or "mami" to our partner is a term that can turn on us, and we also know the difference when we use to our parents. We have no problem with that. So, I think that can be the same for some Korean man when their girlfriends call them "oppa" though the literal meaning for this is " older brother". Anna K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00125700537163337636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-16502273709456901212015-11-05T02:51:23.663-05:002015-11-05T02:51:23.663-05:00Found this post while Googling 'oppa or obba&#...Found this post while Googling 'oppa or obba' for spell check purposes :)<br />I'm a Korean American (born and raised in Texas) currently living and working in Korea.<br />Looked through the comments and I must say quite a few good reads.<br />(Oppa Loopa - Hilarious!)<br />Laughs aside, growing up I didn't really encounter 'oppa' much even though a) I have a younger sister (We're pretty much Twinkies) and b) I attended a Korean church.<br />That being said, I find it a nice, sometimes cutesy turn-on when a Korean woman I find attractive calls me 'oppa'<br />Although I must add that living in Korea 5 years has made me a bit 'Koreanized' and I usually don't think too deeply when someone refers to me as 'oppa'.<br />A part of me does get 'stimulated' though when my (ex) Korean girlfriend calls me 'oppa' - I wouldn't necessarily call it Kryptonite but perhaps 'my Spidey sense is tingling'<br />*Note: Just to hear this, I tend to date Korean women younger than me..is this weird? ^^ (I also don't expect anyone my age or older, to ever call me this)<br /><br />Mr. TK! Love your blog, I visit it on occasion whenever I get especially homesick and I want a chuckle or two..<br />Your work's awesome bro. Keep it up! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10831372464647100551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-89887648764135515452015-10-28T01:10:46.249-04:002015-10-28T01:10:46.249-04:00maybe orabeoni? that's like a formal way to sa...maybe orabeoni? that's like a formal way to say oppa but even then.. maybe ajeossi is better.._steflorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17341055350299730774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-58217771618111067722015-07-12T17:34:50.969-04:002015-07-12T17:34:50.969-04:00Lol I need remember that my mum side family Malays...Lol I need remember that my mum side family Malaysian.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03516366406074796633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-28474894083848282962015-05-07T21:29:03.802-04:002015-05-07T21:29:03.802-04:00Wow! Such a controversy behind this tradition! I h...Wow! Such a controversy behind this tradition! I had no idea. One of my best clients, an older and somewhat liberal man whom I am close to (we work together often and in a casual setting), asked me to call him that. We are friends, he is the only one I use this cultural term for, and I am NOT Korean. I noted that another client whom I was working for (and negotiating with) once acted astounded when I called him "Oppa" as we were asking for his favour in a deal. He later thanked me and said he was "amazed I would be so daring". I personally feel happy he asked. It properly represents our closeness and I do understand the cultural connotation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-58806398694121709572014-10-03T05:30:53.843-04:002014-10-03T05:30:53.843-04:00Wow, very old post, but maybe someone can answer. ...Wow, very old post, but maybe someone can answer. What if both the younger woman and older man are in their 30's or 40's? Is oppa inappropriate because of their age? The woman wouldn't call him ahjussi then, would she?<br /><br />Also, what about the term yeonhanam, which I have heard to be a word for older women to use for a younger man, if they are in a relationship. Is this word actually used?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-20010024304423872492014-05-04T15:48:27.923-04:002014-05-04T15:48:27.923-04:00I like when a girl call me oppa ^^ (Im a Korean bt...I like when a girl call me oppa ^^ (Im a Korean btw)Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04777430815632902198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-68287614245825802422014-03-26T04:26:24.598-04:002014-03-26T04:26:24.598-04:00Oppa Gangnam Style!!Oppa Gangnam Style!!Tiwakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565198632661570100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-84336434169852158672013-11-28T23:00:30.696-05:002013-11-28T23:00:30.696-05:00OMG HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH I nearly peed myself after...OMG HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH I nearly peed myself after reading this hahaha. Priceless. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-27918226882842038252013-11-28T22:59:09.484-05:002013-11-28T22:59:09.484-05:00Interesting point you make there my friend! My fia...Interesting point you make there my friend! My fiance actually loves it when I call him oppa/jagiya/even yeobo (omgeee eeeek)... but I feel AWKWARD. Although, and reading your response and thinking about it over again, I believe I will have an easier time using those terms of affection once we move to Korea this winter... Hmmm.. Anyone else shares these same thoughts?<br /><br />Best wishes!<br />NaNaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-84346325015582882652013-10-09T20:55:51.212-04:002013-10-09T20:55:51.212-04:00im white, & I have two male friends (2 years o...im white, & I have two male friends (2 years older). One is african-american and one is phillipino and every once in a while I use oppa, in the friendly big-brother way, and I don't think they even know what it meansAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417655720496854676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-19338237430744647092013-07-18T00:00:15.395-04:002013-07-18T00:00:15.395-04:00I lost my 15 years relationship during December. M...I lost my 15 years relationship during December. My husband left me with so many pains and since then i have been heart broken and shattered. I have contact 7spell casters and 7 of them has rip me off my money without no result. I have Emailed so many sites online looking for a good spell caster untill i was directed by a 20 years old boy to wiseindividualspell@gmail.com: wiseindividualspell@gmail.com At first i never believed him because he was requesting for some amount of money to buy items to cast the spell, it took him 4 weeks to convince me and something occur to my mind and i said let me give him a trial. I was very shocked when Nichasin called four days after i sent Dr.Zack Balo the items money. He apologies for all he has done wrong and i am very happy that we are together today now because he proposed to marry me. I will advise you contact wiseindividualspell@gmail.com because he has done wonders in my life and i believe he can help you out in any problem.Megan https://www.blogger.com/profile/01291976491965187509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-53078384674528127412013-02-13T14:06:49.338-05:002013-02-13T14:06:49.338-05:00I find it kind of similar to hispanic girls callin...I find it kind of similar to hispanic girls calling their boyfriends "papi". I dated a hispanic guy when I was younger, and if I said that to him, it caused an immediate reaction. I dunno, just an interesting parallel I've found,JulezPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07925956588203112451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-24909776848407018532012-12-23T09:54:21.264-05:002012-12-23T09:54:21.264-05:00Oppa (ole-pa or old-pa) is a global word. Oppa mea...Oppa (ole-pa or old-pa) is a global word. Oppa means grandpa, and noona means grandma. Globally the world languages speak of older Pa (grandpa or grandfather) as oppa. Your boyfriend during world war 2 was called your daddy because he spent money on you. It is a term the soldiers bring across the world, especially in Asia where girls service men. As oppa (old pa; ole pa) means big daddy (grand pa) so does noona mean nanna or nannar (Grand ma) or nanny (hired), but in Korea theyve lessened this to big brother and big sister. The sexual spenders (predators) in societies do this, because they want to feel you need them as a mother or father, but they dont wish to be tagged with old age. They dont wish to be called your old man, or your old lady (in the USA my ole man & ole lady is a 1960s term for parents, but in the 1970s for husband or wife). So they presume OLDER brother, the word around the world is defined as Great or Grand or Big such as big brother instead of old brother. But it comes from Pa or father (Patar), not brother.<br />In the video of Gangnam Style it is clear that if a man is iffeminate (gay) that he calls his lover Oppa the way a girl would do who is sexually kept by a man. The video shows him in a sauna with his naked legs crossed, laying on the fat old man his oppa, while he looks at the young muscle boy. Obviously the singer laying on his Oppa is the sexy lady in the sauna. So its not just what a girl would call her sugar daddy (1940s term), it is like America where they say You Go Girl to iffeminate passive bottom men.Elijahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977164879781195618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-91274076520215317432012-10-05T16:52:06.115-04:002012-10-05T16:52:06.115-04:00You should call him ajeossi. He might only be off...You should call him ajeossi. He might only be offended if he thought you were much older? His wife can be ajuma.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15447246068007679725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-67858567536660812122012-10-05T16:17:28.828-04:002012-10-05T16:17:28.828-04:00Your mom's reaction is silly; Chinese girls...Your mom's reaction is silly; Chinese girls' use of 哥哥 is very similar for couples...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15447246068007679725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-26205133888092727222012-09-10T05:57:44.487-04:002012-09-10T05:57:44.487-04:00I'm non-Korean, never been to Korea, but I use...I'm non-Korean, never been to Korea, but I used to date a Korean girl. She had come to my country -Albania- with her church and had started learning our difficult and confusing language. I, on the other hand, did try several times to learn the language, but hell was it hard. Now she has returned to her mother country and we still chat from times to times through Skype and Facebook.<br /><br />Now, although you did ask how a Korean would feel if a non-Korean girl would call them oppa, let me state the opposite: how a non-Korean guy feels when a Korean girl tells him that.<br /><br />So, at first, before we started being romantically involved, she threw me the oppa honorific right out on my face. When I asked what that was, she told me it meant older brother. Without previous knowledge of the Korean language, culture and customs, I thought she turned me off. Long story short, we were later romantically involved, I learned how the family titles are used -although I lack pronunciation- and she still would call me oppa (among other things). At first it wasn't a turn on for me. Not at all. Being a guy that fought all his life against discrimination of all sorts, I didn't want a girl to refer to me as something better than her in any way -even if that thing was age.<br /><br />But, as time passed, I got used to it and it stopped being a bug. Nowadays, I also miss it being called that. But I don't think I would be comfortable by being called that by some other girl. Or I wouldn't feel comfortable calling an older girl "nuna". I works differently for us non-Koreans, I suppose. Claus Angelohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02273812127609001374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-41950624445864297602012-09-06T02:06:47.266-04:002012-09-06T02:06:47.266-04:00this one really made mi laugh non-stop!this one really made mi laugh non-stop!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14915571593665258645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-77652915026519990162012-08-14T13:49:34.528-04:002012-08-14T13:49:34.528-04:00I have a Korean boyfriend and pretty early on, he ...I have a Korean boyfriend and pretty early on, he made it quite clear that he didn't want me to call him "oppa." Since I am a little bit older than him, I never even thought of doing it, but he said if older girls call him that, they sound slutty and desperate, and if younger girls do, he feels uncomfortable unless he is very close with them.<br /><br />Of course, at the same time, he doesn't want me to call other older Korean guys "oppa" and straight up told me that if I did, he would feel very jealous.<br /><br />I don't really have a problem with it though, because I come from a Dutch background and I call my grandpas "Opa" which sounds the same. It wouldn't be awkward for me, but many of my friends would raise their eyebrows as to why I'm refering to him as my grandfather.blobyhyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513144974604217773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-31451253226048020002012-07-21T13:29:07.319-04:002012-07-21T13:29:07.319-04:00Kryptonite... absolutely...
Mr. C. just turned to...Kryptonite... absolutely...<br /><br />Mr. C. just turned to butter... :-)Charahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076306812811118884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-45393938687750909122012-07-20T10:58:05.235-04:002012-07-20T10:58:05.235-04:00Totally want to put in my two cents as this topic ...Totally want to put in my two cents as this topic is great.<br /><br />I'm a white europaen girl and was in Korea for three month, knowing a little about this oppa/unni/hyung/nuna stuff. I did a practical training over there as an intern at a language school but my students were more like my friends (I didn't really 'teach', I just helped out and motivated my 'students' to speak) - anyway:<br />I had two male students, both older than me. Mr. A. came to my class one time and introduced himself, of course with his age, very Korean... - And I (knowing little) said to him, "ah: so you' be my oppa, hm?" And with this he was blushing like crazy and my girl students started giggling: "He totally likes it!" I never called him oppa again...<br /><br />Mr. B. was a great student who helped me in return for my teaching with my Korean and questions about Korean culture. I don't know how anymore but I came to call him oppa and he was totally fine with it - cause for us both it was the brotherly sense. Until today we keep this relationship even though I'm far away again from Korea. And I still call him oppa - and he's probably the only person I would be able to call "oppa" today.<br /><br />So, and then there was Mr. C. The guy I really liked! Korean of course. In a mail I told him about that "oppa" going to a foreign place and I#m invited to the goodbye-party. Well, Mr. C. then thought I had a boyfriend (even though I made it clear, that I liked him...) and after that the most awkward and most silent month followed. Because of an "oppa"-misunderstanding. <br /><br />Thanks again to this word (and my own stupidity) I have experienced things I never thought I would... ^_^;Charahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076306812811118884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-22381006686905421532012-07-15T15:34:55.363-04:002012-07-15T15:34:55.363-04:00I'm white, and only use the term as a joke. I&...I'm white, and only use the term as a joke. I've had webcam chats where some Korean guys wanted me to call them oppa, and I almost had trouble saying it out loud, as I've heard that dragging the last syllable may have horrible consequences. They just smiled widely and complimented on my pronunciation though, haha. <br /><br />Oh, and as I've had a somewhat romantic relationship with a girl, we found it funny with the terms oppa and yeobo, <br />me being somewhat of a tomboy, being called oppa was kind of a turn-on. She still calls be oppa and I still call her yeobo, though she has a new boyfriend now, haha xD<br /><br />All innocent fun for us ;)<br /><br />Though I'd be careful with using oppa with actual Koreans, especially in an "aegyo" kind of way.Fujohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18105723873359071696noreply@blogger.com