Korean honorifics

The Korean language has a system of linguistic honorifics that reflects the social status of speakers. Speakers use honorifics to indicate their social relationship with the addressee and/or subject of the conversation concerning their age, social status, gender, degree of intimacy, and situational context. One basic rule of Korean honorifics is "making oneself lower"; in other words, the speaker uses honorific and humble forms to lower themselves when speaking. The honorific system is reflected in honorific particles, verbs with special honorific forms, honorific markers, and special honorific forms of nouns that include terms of address.