Korean Phrase Chonmaneyo = Youre welcome Jebal = please Mianhe = sorry Kajima = dont go Kaja = Lets go Uljima = dont

cry Niga Mipda = I hate u Ttarawa = Follow me Shiro = I dont want Barabwa = Look at me Jalhaebwa = Good Luck Maraebwa = Tell Me Hajiman = But Hanbondo = 1 more time Miwo = Hate u Nu Guyah = who is it Bogoshipo = I miss u Nadu = Me too Jowahae = I like u Saranghae = I love u Sa = 4 (four) Bangawoyo = nice to meet u

(choayo) > (choahaeyo) means is good, is liked or likes (shireoyo) > (shireohaeyo) means is dislikes or dislikes (gippeoyo) > (gippeohaeyo) means is happy or glad

= An nyoung = hello (informal) = An nyoung ha se yo = hello (formal) = you bo se yo = hello (on a telephone)

Useful Korean phrases

A collection of useful phrases in Korean. Click on the English phrases to see them in many other languages. Key to abbreviations: frm = formal, inf = informal English Welcome (Korean) (hwangyong-hamnida)

Hello How are you? I'm fine, thanks. Long time no see What's your name? My name is ... Where are you from? I'm from ... Pleased to meet you Good morning/ afternoon/evening Good night

(annyeonghaseyo) - frm, (annyeong) - inf (yeoboseyo) - on phone ? (eotteohke jinaeseyo?) ? (an nyeong ha siut seum ni ka?) (jaljinaeyo) (orenmanida) ? (dangsinui ireumeun mueosip nikka?) inf ? (sungham ee uttoke daesipnika?) frm ... (je ireum-eun ... imnida) ? (Eodiseo osyeosseoyo) ... (Jeoneun ... eseo wasseuyo) (Mannaseo bangapseumnida) [frm polite] (Mannaseo bangawoyo) [inf polite] (annyeong hashimnikka)

(annyonghi jumushipsiyo) - frm (jal jja) - inf (annyeong) (annyeonghi gyeseyo) - you are leaving Goodbye (annyeonghi gaseyo) - you are staying (haeng un eul bil eo yo) frm Good luck (haeng un eul bin da) inf [] (geonbae) lit. "dry glass", (wihayeo) Cheers/Good health! (jal meokkesseumnida) - before a meal (jal meogeosseumnida) - after a meal Bon appetit (masitkke deuseyo) ! (jalda nyeoo sip sio!) Bon voyage (moreugesseumnida) I don't understand Please speak more slowly (Cheoncheonhi malssuemhae jeseyo) ! (Cheogeo jeseyo!) Please write it down ? (hangukmal hasil jul aseyo?) - frm Do you speak Korean? ? (hangukmal hal jul ani?) - inf , (yae, jogeumyo) - frm Yes, a little , (eung, jogeum) - inf ... ? How do you say ... in Korean? (... reul hangukmal-lo eotteoh-ge maraeyo?) ! (shillehagessumnida) Excuse me ? (ige eolmayeyo?) How much is this? ! (mianhamnida) Sorry Thank you (kamsahamnida) - frm (komapsumnida) - inf

Response Where's the toilet? I love you Leave me alone! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Happy Easter Happy Birthday One language is never enough My hovercraft is full of eels

(anieyo) ? (hwajangsiri eodiyeyo) (sarang hae) ! (honja naebeoryeo dushipshio) (jeulgeoun seongtanjeol bonaesigo saehae bok manhi bateusaeyo) (haengpoghan puhwarcheori toesikir) (saengil chukha hamnida) (han gaji un u nun chung boon ha ji mot hae) (Nae hoebuhkeurapeuteuneun changuhro kadeuk cha isseyo)

annyeonghaseyo, which is an overly used phrase equivalent to good morning, good evening, hi or hello kamsahamnida, to say thank you and i have also used (komawayo) after being served when we dined in. / (gwaenchana/gwaenchanayo) is very handy to say its okay, no problem or are you okay? (just change the intonation).

/ (ye/aniyo) which mean yes and no respectively are very basic as a reply to simple questions. ~ (~juseyo) the polite ending which means please give me. This has been very useful when asking for something specially on traditional Korean restaurant where people dont speak English at all. I remember ordering rice and requesting for water using this phrase and it goes like this: o (Bap juseyo) ordering rice. o (mull juseyo) requesting for water. ? (olmanayo) simple but polite way to ask how much? ~/ (i.eyo/eyo) noun plus this ending is proven to be very helpful its like asking or saying..is this ~. I remember using this to ask if the building in front of us is what we are looking for. Orange Shock ? (Is this Orange Shock?) ~ (chuayo) this verb ending could mean to like, and I had the guts to say to an (ajusshi or polite way to address an old man) (Wheesungsshi chuahaeyo). (saeng-il chukha-hamnida) this is polite formal way to say it (saeng-il chukha-haeyo) this is the casual polite way

 (su-go-ha-sum-ni-da) is saying hello to someone who is working (su-go-ha-se-yo) is saying goodbye to someone who is working (su-go-ha-kyo-sso-yo) is like saying thank you for helping me or well done Word for the day (jip) which means house.

or (Naega or nae) I as subject in a sentence or (Naneun or Nan) I as topic in a sentence the second one in contracted form (Naui) possessive form as in mine or my (Nado) Me too or I too

. Nado nomu bogo shipeoyo. = I Miss u so much too bogo shipeunde = I would like to see u arasseo = got it? Ppo-ppo = kiss Nado = me too Noreul bogo shipoyo = I miss u . Na noreul choayo = i like you

Korean Numbers
There are two sets of numbers in Korea, the native Korean and the Sino-Korean Numbers. Sino-Korean numbers are borrowed from Chinese. Generally speaking, for expression involving dates, money, foreign loanwords, minutes, seconds and counting beyond 99 Sino-Korean numbers are used otherwise its the native Korean numbers.

You might be wondering why some numbers are skipped in both numeral systems, this is because there are certain patterns to achieve the numbers in between.

In Native Korean, to express let say 11 its (yolhana) so the formula is 10() +1(). This is the reason why after the number 10 only numbers in multiples of 10 are provided up to 90. So you have to memorize at least 18 numbers in Native Korean. While in Sino-Korean, to express let say 32 its (sam-ship-i) so the formula is 3() X 10 () + 2 (). There are few numbers to memorize in Sino-Korean, with just 13 numbers to you can go up to a million already.