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- "오늘은 할머님의 생신이에요."
"오늘은 할머님의 생신이에요."
Translation:Today is Grandmother's birthday.
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I keep seeing many people frustrated with this lesson. The truth is that because Korean has different honorfic levels, you really need a grammar book or another program to understand what Duolingo is trying to teach you. Many times with the Korean lessons, Duolingo does not give the context. It is helpful to remember the topic you are studying and use a book like 'Korean Grammar in Use' or another website like 'howtolearnkorean' I use to struggle a lot with this app, because this app is not at a point yet to fully explain the differences in people speaking. I think it's also helpful to ask questions and hope that others can give a good answer.
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Only politeness. 할머님 is polite for 할머니, 할아버님 is polite for 할아버지. There are other polite titles with -님 as well; 누님, 형님, 아버님, 어머님, 교수님, 선생님 etc.