카톡
Texting & KakaoTalk
ㅎㅎ, ㅋㅋ, and short replies you will see in every group chat.
Short and soft
Group chats drop endings: 뭐해?, ㅇㅋ, ㄱㄱ (go go). Laughing is ㅋㅋ or ㅎㅎ. Soften a no with 미안 ㅠㅠ. Full 해요체 still works when you do not know the person well: 지금 괜찮으세요?
Stickers carry tone. If you only type Hangul, keep spaces readable and avoid ALL-CAPS romanization — Koreans read Hangul faster.
Example sentences
지금 바빠?
jigeum bappa?
Busy right now? (casual)
조금 있다가 연락할게.
jogeum itdaga yeollakhalge.
I’ll message a bit later.
도착했어!
dochakhaesseo!
I arrived!
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