친구 요청을 수락해 주세요
chingu yocheong-eul surakhae juseyo
To say "please accept my friend request" in Korean, use 친구 요청을 수락해 주세요 (chingu yocheong-eul surakhae juseyo).
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of 친구 (friend), 요청 (request), 을 (object marker), 수락해 (accept) and 주세요 (please do for me).
Which one should you use?
While 친구 요청을 수락해 주세요 is a direct request, you can also use 친구 추가를 수락해 주세요, which replaces the word for "request" with 추가 (addition) to say "please accept my friend addition". Other variations include the more indirect and polite 친구 신청을 수락해 주시겠어요? (Would you please accept my friend request?) and 친구 신청을 받아 주실 수 있으신가요? (Could you accept my friend request?).
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase uses the polite -주세요 ending, making it appropriate for most social media interactions with people you do not know well.
How do you pronounce it?
chingu yocheong-eul surakhae juseyo
Did you know?
- While English speakers use 'friend' for almost any acquaintance, Koreans often distinguish between 친구 ('same-age friend') and 지인 ('acquaintance').
- In Korean social media culture, people often ask for a 맞팔 ('mat-pal'), which is a shorthand term for a 'mutual follow' on platforms like Instagram.
- The word 친구 (friend) actually stems from a Sino-Korean term meaning 'old acquaintance' or 'kith and kin'.
Examples in context
- 김지민 씨, 친구 신청을 수락해 주세요.Jimin Kim, please accept my friend request.
- 정말 친구 신청을 받아 주실 수 있으신가요?Could you please accept my friend request?
- 형아, 친구 신청 좀 받아 줄래?Hey, could you accept my friend request?
- 꼭 친구 요청을 수락해 주세요.kkok chin-gu yo-cheong-eul su-rak-hae ju-se-yo.Please be sure to accept my friend request.
- 다시 한번 친구 요청을 수락해 주세요.da-si han-beon chin-gu yo-cheong-eul su-rak-hae ju-se-yo.Please accept my friend request once more.
Example conversation
Minjun sends a message to Subin on a social media app.
- 민준 Min-jun수빈 씨, 제 친구 요청을 수락해 주세요.Su-bin ssi, je chin-gu yo-cheong-eul su-rak-hae ju-se-yo.Subin, please accept my friend request.
- 수빈 Su-bin아, 민준 씨! 바로 수락할게요.A, Min-jun ssi! Ba-ro su-rak-hal-ge-yo.Oh, Minjun! I will accept it right away.
- 민준 Min-jun고마워요. 이제 소통하며 지내요.Go-ma-wo-yo. I-je so-tong-ha-myeo ji-nae-yo.Thank you. Let's keep in touch now.
- 수빈 Su-bin네, 반가워요!Ne, ban-ga-wo-yo!Yes, nice to meet you!
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries 친구, CC BY-SA 4.0.
