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Re:Korean as a Concatenative, Stack-Oriented Language by KMnO4 on Sunday April 16, 2023 @02:14PM (#35592685)
There are many levels of honorifics, from very low form to very polite form. Most aren’t used on a daily basis though, just like how most people don’t speak like they’re a lawyer addressing a courtroom.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_honorifics#Addressee_...

Re:Korean as a Concatenative, Stack-Oriented Language by MichaelZuo on Sunday April 16, 2023 @02:17PM (#35592716)
I tried translating it with a tool:

"존경하는 각하, 맥주 한 잔만 드시게 해달라고 겸손히 부탁드려도 될까요?"

Does that sound about right?

Re:Korean as a Concatenative, Stack-Oriented Language by jinwoo68 on Sunday April 16, 2023 @03:36PM (#35593525)
Close. But 드시게 is not correct in that place because its an honorific form given to yourself when you're trying to honor the other person. And I'd rather use 감히 instead of 겸손히, which can be roughly translated into "dare to"

"존경하는 각하, 맥주 한 잔만 마시게 해달라고 감히 부탁드려도 될까요?"

Re:Korean as a Concatenative, Stack-Oriented Language by johntopia on Sunday April 16, 2023 @08:17PM (#35595389)
Another Korean here. Usually in Korea, one could refer to an unknown someone as "선생님(teacher)". "각하", on the other hand, has been referred to the President of Korea. So it really sounds weird to a Korean. When someone calls you "각하". If I were to be a customer, then I would be called "고객님". Where "고객" means customer and "님" is like "sama" in Japanese, and "sir" in English.