When you watch Korean dramas/kdramas/korean tv shows/korean movies etc, you probably have heard of these Korean phrases …. Today let’s learn how to ask "how old are you" in Korean and how to answer the question in Korean.

Informal
-몇 살이야? [myut sal-yi-ya?]
-나는 ___살이야. [na-neun ___sal-yi-ya.]

Formal
-나이가 어떻게 되세요? [na-yi-ga o-ddo-kae dwae-sae-yo?]
-저는 ___살이에요. [jeo-neun ___sal-yi-ye-yo.]

Honorific
-연세가 어떻게 되세요? [yeon-sae-ga o-ddo-kae dwae-sae-yo?]

Words

몇 - what (Determiner)

살 - years of age (Noun)

이다 - to be (InfinitiveVerb)

나이 - age (Noun)

어떻게 - how (Determiner)

되세요 - become (ConjugatedVerb)

저는 - as for me(Pronoun)

연세 - age (Noun)

나 - I (Pronoun)

되다 - become (InfinitiveVerb)

Phrases

몇살이야? - how old are you (what age are you)?

나는 (age)살이야 - I'm (age) years old

나이가 어떻게 되세요? - how old are you (how age become)?

저는 (age)살이야 - I'm (age) years old

연세가 어떻게 되세요? - how old are you (honorific)