🇰🇷 Listen & Repeat (Korean)
noun
형제
A male person who has the same parents as you.
Countable noun. Plural: brothers. Common collocations: older brother, younger brother, big brother, brother-in-law (your spouse's brother or your sibling's husband). The informal word is 'bro'.
'Big Brother' in English culture now has two meanings: the eldest brother, and a reference to government surveillance from George Orwell's novel 1984. 'Brotherhood' means a close bond between people who share common values or goals.
Example Sentences
"소녀가 남동생에게 책을 읽어준다."
🇬🇧 "The girl reads a book to her brother."
"소년은 형과 함께 누워 있다."
🇬🇧 "The boy lies with his brother."