1. 사귀어요[Sagwieoyo] 
: We are going out

‘사귀어요’ came from the verb ‘사귀다’. This verb actually means ‘to get close with someone’ and is basically used as ‘친구를 사귀다’ which means ‘to have(get) a friend’. However, not only this main meaning, it is very widely used as ‘to have a relationship with someone’. ‘사귀어요’ means that you and your partner is officially in a relationship, not just a simple dating. 

Both meanings are important so keep them in your mind! 

(우리) 사귀어요 = We are going out

A은/는 B(이)랑 사귀어요 = A is going out with B

2. 헤어졌어요[He-eojyeoyo] 
: We broke up

‘헤어졌어요’ is the most common way to say that your relationship is finished. It came from the verb ‘헤어지다’. This verb is often used in all kind of breaking up situation.

A(이)랑 헤어져 = Break up with A

(우리) 헤어지자 = Let’s break up

(우리) 헤어졌어요 = We broke up

(저는) B와 헤어졌어요 = I broke up with B  

3. 썸 타는 사이에요[Sseom Taneun Saieyo] 
: We have something going on between us / We are dating

A very popular neologism in Korea, “썸[some]” is a grey area in the beginning of a relationship. Two people are seeing each other but it never means they are together or couple. It’s the mellow and confusing moment between two people.

We have something going on between us.

= (우리) 썸이에요.

= (우리) 썸 타는 중이에요.

= (우리) 썸 타는 사이에요.

= (우리) 썸 타고 있어요.

Sharing a good resource to study KOREAN!

I found a really good resource to learn the word or phrase with context! It’s called Contextual Dictionary. Some of you may already know but still I share on my blog! You can simply search what you are curious about on the searching engine.

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If you search something, this dictionary shows all the examples so you can compare these and learn the context. It also show a simple translation by each word. 

You can switch the searching language like kr-eng, eng-kr or even many other languages. I hope this helps your study and HERE’s the link. TRY IT! :)

https://www.contextualdictionary.com/korean-english/