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오랜만이에요

oraenmanieyo [오랜마니에요]

오랜만이야 (casual) · 오랜만이에요 (polite) · 오랜만입니다 (formal)

long time no see; it's been a while

Example

민수 씨, 정말 오랜만이에요! 잘 지냈어요?

Minsu, long time no see! How have you been?

Word parts

오랜만 is short for 오래간만 'after a long while' (오래 'long time').

Good to know

Often spelled wrongly as 오랫만; the correct spelling is 오랜만.