Korean Greetings

So Now Let's start with some frequently used Greeting

1- Hello : 안녕하세요 ( annyeonghaseyo )

It can also be said as 안녕 ( annyeong ) which is the casual form of hello




2- Good-Bye : 안녕히가세요 ( annyeonghi gaseyo ) - if you are staying and the other person is leaving

- 안녕히 계세요 ( annyeonghi gyeseyo) - if you are leaving and the other person is staying

the casual forms are : 잘가 ( jalga ) - if the other person is leaving

- 잘있어 (jalisso) - if you are leaving and the other person is staying

3- Good Morning : 좋은 아침 ( joh-eun achim ) and for honorifics you can add 입니다 to the end of the word .

you can also say : 굿모닝 (Good Morning ) and a lot of koreans use it instead of 좋은 아침

4- Good Night : 안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo )-

you can also use 잘자 (jalja) which means sleep well and Koreans always say it before going to bed.

5- See you later: 이따 봐 (itta bwa )

6- See you again : 또봐 (tto bwa)

7- Nice to see / meet you : 만나서 반가워 (mannaseo bangawo )

and the casual form is 반가워 (bangawo )

8- and you can say: 처음 뵙겠습니다. (cheoeum boebgessseubnida.) you usually say it when you meet someone for the first time and it also means Nice to meet you.

How To Introduce yourself - 자기소개 self introduction

Lesson 1 : How to Introduce yourself in Korean - 자기소개 self introduction

If you want to say
                  - Hello, I am Jean / My name is Jean 

Formal-    안녕하세요, Jean 입니다. /  제 이름은 Jean입니다
                ( annyeonghaseyo , Jean ibnida ) / (Je ireumeun Jean ibnida)

Polite-     안녕하세요, Jean 이에요 / 제 이름은 Jean 이에요
               (annyeonghaseyo Jean ieyo ) / (Je ireumeun Jean ieyo) Informal-  안녕하세요, Jean 이야 / 내 이름은 Jean 이야
                 (annyeonghaseyo Jean ieya ) / (Nae ireumeun Jean ieya)             

               -I am American / I am from American
Formal-  저는 미국사람입니다. /  저는 미국에서 왔습니다.
             (Jeoneun migug-saram ibnida)/ (Jeoneun migug-eseo wassseubnida)

Polite-   저는 미국사람이에요. / 저는 미국에서 왔어요
            (Jeoneun migug-saram ieyo)/ (Joeneun migug-eseo waseoyo)

Informal-  미국사람이야. / 미국에서 왔어.
              (migugsalam-iya) / (migug-eseo wass-eo)

How to reply to thank you in Korean - How to say you're welcome

How to reply to thank you in Korean

you can say you're welcome in so many ways as it depends on the person you are talking to 

1- If you are talking to a friend or a younger person you will say (Informal) -
아니야 (aniya)/ 천만에(cheonmane)/  괜찮아 (gwaenchana)
2- If you are talking to an older person you will say (Polite):
아니에요 (anieyo) /
천만에요 (cheonmaneyo) / 괜찮아요 (gwaenchanayo)
3- If you you want to say it in a( formal )way you will say :  아닙니다 (animnida)

Lesson 1 : Word order ( How to make a sentence in Korean? )

Word Order 

Language has a structure.

Look at the examples below:

•  I           Like       Pizza.  ( In English )

      (Subject)  (Verb)     (Object)

           저     좋아해요    피자 

• I           Pizza     Like.    ( In Korean )

     (Subject ) (Object) (Verb)

         저             피자      좋아해요.

The obvious difference between them is the order of the sentence . English sentences follow a basic ( Subject - Verb - Object )

and the Korean pattern is ( Subject - Object - Verb ) the verb always comes at the end of the sentence.

 Some Examples :

• 저 커피 좋아해요.

             I like coffee

• 저 아이스크림 좋아해요

           I Like Ice Cream.

However when we talk about ourselves , we usually add a topic particle 는 to 저 (I) or 저희 (we) so the above sentences can be written as follows :

• 저는 피자 좋아해요.
• 저는 커피 좋아해요,
• 저는 아이스크림 좋아해요.

Sometimes the object can be omitted from the sentence.

For Example:

  "I ate" and " I ate rice " Both are correct.

You can't place an object after the verbs "sleep" or "die".

Remember that : Every Korean sentence must end with a verb.

There are 2 different forms for (I)

•  나 (Casual or informal sentence)
• 저 (Formal or honorific sentence)

Ex.:

• 나는 커피 마셔 ( I Drink Coffee).
• 저는 커피 마셔요 (I Drink coffee).

Lesson 1 : How to say Hello & Thank You

Greeting Words

When learning a language, people always want to learn “hello,”  “how are you,” and “thank you” before anything else. I know that. However, at this stage you onlyknow words – and have no knowledge or experience in how to use or conjugate these words. As a beginner Grammar will be hard so you can just memorize these words as one unit and not worry about the grammar within them at this point.

 hello = 안녕하세요 ( annyeong haseyo )

감사하다 and 고맙다 are the two words that are commonly used to say “thank you.” 

You can say ( Thank You ) in the following ways :

감사합니다 ( Kamsa hamnida) - The honorifoc form ( To Strangers and people who are older than you?
감사해요 (Kamsayo) - The polite form ( Use it with people who are older than you)

고마워 ( Komawo) / 고맙다 ( Komabta) : Casual form ( Use it with friends or people who r younger than U or people close to h)
고맙습니다 (komabsimnida) :( Same as 감사합니다.)
고마워요 (Komawayo) : ( Same as 감사해요)

How are you ? - 잘지내세요? (JalJinaseyo) 

Or you can use 잘지내? (JalJinae) (Casual form)

Which exactly means (Are you good?) 

 Please - 제발 (Jebal ) .. 

Sure you hear it alot when you watch korean dramas.