장모

jangmo · Mother-in-law (wife's mother)

Relationship

my wife → her mother

Who uses it

A husband, about his wife's mother.

When you call them

Call her 장모님 (jangmonim) or, as many do now, 어머님.

When you talk about them

To others, 장모님 — the plain 장모 can sound curt.

Example

장모님, 제가 설거지할게요.Mother, let me do the dishes.

Based on the standard etiquette of the National Institute of Korean Language; families and regions vary.