알림
allim
In Korean, the English phrase 'reminder' is expressed as 알림 (allim).
The term 알림 is used to mean a notification or a reminder. In a software or digital context, if you want to refer specifically to 'reminder settings' or 'notification settings', you use the phrase 알림 설정.
How do you pronounce it?
allim
Did you know?
- In South Korea, digital 알림 are so ubiquitous that many people use the phrase 알림 폭탄, meaning 'notification bomb', to describe a phone buzzing constantly with messages.
- In Korean culture, sending a formal 알림 to a superior can sometimes be seen as too demanding, so employees often frame reminders as 'asking for a favor' to maintain social harmony.
- The word 알림 comes from the verb 알리다, which means 'to make someone know'. Unlike the English 'reminder' which focuses on the memory, the Korean term focuses on the act of informing.
Examples in context
- 부서간의 회의 일정에 대한 통지가 필요합니다.We need a reminder regarding the interdepartmental meeting schedule.
- 오늘 노래방 가는 거 기억해?Do you remember that we're going to a karaoke today?
- 약 먹을 시간 알림을 설정했어요.yak meogeul sigan allimeul seoljeonghaesseoyo.I set a reminder for medicine time.
- 중요한 알림이 왔어요.jung-yohan allimi wasseoyo.An important reminder arrived.
- 회의 알림을 보내주세요.hoe-ui allimeul bonaejuseyo.Please send a meeting reminder.
Example conversation
Hyunwoo and Seoyeon are talking about their busy schedules at a cafe.
- 현우 Hyeon-woo서연 씨, 오늘 회의 알림 받았어요?Seoyeon ssi, oneul hoe-ui allim badasseoyo?Seoyeon, did you receive the meeting reminder today?
- 서연 Seo-yeon아니요, 아직 못 받았어요.Aniyo, ajik mot badasseoyo.No, I haven't received it yet.
- 현우 Hyeon-woo제가 지금 바로 알림을 보낼게요.Jega jigeum baro allimeul bonaelgeyo.I will send the reminder right now.
- 서연 Seo-yeon고마워요, 현우 씨.Gomawoyo, Hyunwoo ssi.Thank you, Hyunwoo.
