2? I thought it was one! Σ( ￣□￣||)
It depends if your born later or earlier in the year
I used to but now i don't. Bc now I understand how to read in context. It's the difference between just "that is young" vs "that is young after you convert the age".
Korean ppl already know that 20 years old is young. They don't have to do any math since it already exists in that context. Having to subtract years to understand why korean ppl think that way is me having to relate it to my non-korean experience. Now i just do it automatically.
((Also, it's not always 2 years. When koreans talk to each other they often say the year they're born instead of age.))
Technically it’s one, but if your birthday hasn’t passed, then it would be two. Basically, Korean age makes everyone’s birthday January 1st of their birth year, and when you are born, you are already 1 year old. (Obviously they know everyone’s birthday isn’t actually January 1st, but the system makes you age with the new year.) So a lot of “20 year old” kids in manhwa are 18 year old kids turning 19 that year. If you want to calculate your Korean age, you take your age and add 1 year if your birthday has passed and 2 years if it hasn’t passed yet.
Technically Korea abandoned this system as of 2023 but its still very commonly used since people have been doing it for so long.
When reading Korean manwhas do you guys convert their ages or just pretend it’s not in Korean age, bc Korean age adds 1-2 years which is why a lot of manwhas put an emphasis on how young a “20 year old kid” is bc they’re actually freshly 18-19 depending on if they have an earlier or later birthday im used to kpop so it automatically converts in my head