할매
halmae
🇰🇷 Korean slang from Busan
What does “할매” mean?
grandma
Example
“할매 국밥집 가자, 억수로 맛있다.”
halmae gukbapjip gaja, eoksuro masitda.
Let's go to the grandma gukbap place, it's super tasty.
Good to know
Busan’s famous 돼지국밥 (pork and rice soup) places are often called 할매 something.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🌮 Food☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: 할머니
Heard in a conversation
Fish market with grandma
Halmae 준아, 왔나? 밥 묵었나?
Jun, you're here! Have you eaten?
Jun 아직예, 할매. 억수로 배고파예.
Not yet, grandma. I'm super hungry.
Halmae 그라모 퍼뜩 온나. 고등어 마이 샀다.
Then come quick. I bought lots of mackerel.
👵 How other countries say “grandma”
- 🇰🇷 할머니Seoul
More from Busan
- 마이a lot
- 머하노what are you doing?; what's up?
- 와why?
- 억수로really, super
- 단디carefully, properly
- 뭐라카노what are you on about?
- 가가가is it that kid?
- 고마just (stop it); enough already
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