Can you come to my house and meet my family? in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

Breakdown of the sentence:

1. 저희 집에 (jeohui jip-e)
 • 저희 means “our” or “my (humble)”, used to refer politely to one’s own family.
 • 집 means “house.”
 • The particle 에 indicates location (“at” or “to”).

2. 와서 (wase)
 • Derived from 오다 (“to come”), 와서 is the connective form meaning “come and…” or “after coming.”
 • Adding 서 links two actions, implying that once you come to the house, you will also meet the family.

3. 가족 만날 수 있어요? (gajok mannal su isseoyo?)
 • 가족 means “family.”
 • 만날 is the modified form of 만나다 (“to meet”) used before a modal expression.
 • 수 있어요 comes from the modal construction 수 있다, which means “can” or “be able to.”
 • Combined, “만날 수 있어요?” asks “is it possible to meet?”

Tips to remember the construction:
• Note how particles indicate each word’s role (e.g., 에 for location).
• Recognize 서 as a connective ending that ties actions together.
• Understand that Korean often omits object markers when the meaning is clear, so although 가족 could have the object marker 를, it’s left out in casual, polite speech.
• Practice by breaking sentences into subject, action, and modal parts to see how they connect.

Alternate ways to say “Can you come to my house and meet my family?” in Korean:

• 제 집에 와서 제 가족을 만나실래요?
 – (je jip-e wase je gajokeul mannasillaeyo?)
 – More direct with 제 (polite “my”) and the honorific form 만나실래요? asks “Would you like to meet?”

• 우리 집에 들러서 가족들도 만나줄래요?
 – (uri jip-e deulleoseo gajokdeul-do mannajullae-yo?)
 – “들러서” means “stop by,” and 가족들도 uses the plural particle 도 to include all family members; 만나줄래요 is another casual way to ask if someone can meet them.

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