KOREAN LANGUAGE

GREETINGS
HELLO – annyong haseyo (LITERALLY MEANS “ARE YOU AT PEACE?”) /
 annyong (INFORMAL)
 peace – annyong
HOW ARE YOU? - EOTTEOKE JINAEYO (PRON: CHINAEYO)
 Note: use this expression if you haven’t seen him/her in the
past few weeks or month
HOW IS IT GOING? - JAL DOEGAYO? (PRON: CHAL DE-GA-YO)
WHAT’S UP? - JAL JINAE? (PRON: CHAL CHI-NE)
HOW IS EVERYTHING? - YOJEUM (B)YORIL (SOMETHING SPECIAL) EOPJYO?
(PRON: EOP-CHI)
Nothing special – hal- ilepso

GOOD MORNING - JOEUN (GOOD) ACHIM IEYO

 Morning – achim
GOOD AFTERNOON - ANNYEONG HASEYO
DID YOU EAT A RICE? - BAP MEOGEOSSEOYO?
 Note: This expression is normally use as replacement to good
afternoon
YES, I ATE ALREADY - NE MEOGEOSSEOYO
GOOD EVENING- ANNYEONG HASEYO
I’LL LEAVE NOW. - MEONJEO GAGETSUEMNIDA

LONG TIME NO SEE - ORAENMANIEYO

(WHERE “ORAENMAN” MEANS FOR A WHILE
YES - YE

SELF INTRODUCTION
I am Yee – Jeo’nun Yee imnida
 I – jeo’nun
I’m from America – Jeo’nun America esso wassoyo / Jeo’nun Migug
esso wassoyo
I’m an American – Joe’nun America imnida / Jeo’nun migug-in
imnida
I’m a Korean – Jeo’nun hangug-in imnida
I’m a Filipino – Jeo’nun pilipin-in imnida
 America – Mi’gug
 Philippines - pillipin jedo
 England - yeong-gug
 Japan – ilbon
 Korea – daehan’min’gug
 France – peu’lang’seu
 China - jung-gug
Nice to meet you – Manasso bangap-sumnida

FAREWELL
SEE YOU TOMORROW - NAEIL B(W)AYO
Good bye – Annyong hi ga’seyo (if you are going to leave the
party)
 (informal) – jal ga (stay well)
Good bye - Annyong hi ge’seyo (if somebody is leaving the party)
 (informal)- jal-it-soe (please go)

THANK YOU
Thank you
 More formal way: Kamsahamnida (ga’m -sa-ham-nida)
 Less formal way: Komapsumnida (go’map -sum-nida)
 Informal: Komawo – (go’mawo)

APOLOGY
I’m sorry
 More formal way: Jo(w)e-song hamnida
 Less formal way: Mian hamnida
 Informal: Mian-hae

LOCATION
Where is the... – eodi itsseoyo...
 Where is the restroom? – hwajang-sil eodi itsseoyo?
 Where is the restroom? – sikdang eodi itsseoyo?
Over there – Jeogi- yeyo
Right here – yeogi yeyo
Right – oleunjjok (o-lin-jjok)
Left – oenjjok (wen-jjok)
 It’s on the left – Oen-jjok E itsseoyo
 It’s on the right – Oleunjjok e itsseoyo
Next to – Yeppe (yap-pe)
 Next to the restroom – hwajang-sil yeppe e-sseoyo
In front of – Ap’pe
 In front of the restaurant – sikdang appe e-sseoyo

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