LESSON NOTES

Learn Korean in Three Minutes #3

Greetings

CONTENTS
2 Vocabulary
2 Sample Sentences
2 Grammar

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VOCABULARY

Hangul R omanization English

안녕 annyeong Bye. (informal) See you.

잘가 jal ga good-bye

안녕하세요 annyeonghaseyo Hello.

안녕히 계세요 annyeonghi gyeseyo Goodbye (stay peacefully)

안녕히 가세요 annyeonghi gaseyo Goodbye (go peacefully)

SAMPLE SENTENCES

안녕. 내일 보자. 보고 싶을거야. 잘 가.

an-nyeong nae-il bo-ja. bogosipeulkkeoya. jal ga.

"Bye. I will see you tomorrow." "I will miss you. Good-bye."

안녕하세요. 여러분. 안녕히 계세요 주원 씨.

Annyeonghaseoyo. yeoryeobun. annyeonghi gyeseyo juwon ssi.

"Hello, everyone." "Goodbye Joowon."

반가웠어요. 안녕히 가세요.

bangawosseoyo. annyeonghi gaseyo.

"It was good seeing you. Goodbye."

GRAMMAR

The focus of this lesson is Greetings in Korean

Topic 1: How to say "Hello"

Sentence from the lesson:

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'안녕'
annyeong
"Hello (lit."peace")"

1. 안녕 means "peace." We say it when we meet someone and also when we leave—
but only to a friend or someone younger than us.

2. The more standard greeting that you'll hear a lot in Korea is 안녕하세요.

3. Literally, 안녕하세요 means "Are you at peace?" We use it to say hello when we meet
someone. It's technically a question, but we don't always say it that way. Because 안녕
하세요 is technically a question, some people answer it with 예, which means "yes,"
before responding with the same question: 안녕하세요.

Topic 2: How to say "Bye"

Sentence from the lesson:

'잘가'
jalga
"Good bye (lit. "go well")"

1. When it's time to leave, we have couple different ways to say goodbye. If you're
leaving while other person's staying, say 안녕히 계세요. 계세요 means "Please stay" so
안녕히 계세요 literally means "Please stay peacefully." A casual version of 안녕히 계세
요 is 잘 있어. 잘 means "well," and 있어 means "stay" in informal, therefore 잘 있어
means "Stay well."

2. When you see off other person, say안녕히 가세요. 가세요 means "Please go," so 안녕히
가세요 literally means "Please go peacefully." A casual version of 안녕히 가세요 is 잘
가. 잘 means "well," and 가 means "go" in informal. So 잘 가 just means "Go well."

Summary!

To greet someone casually, 안녕. To greet someone respectfully, 안녕하세요. To say goodbye
respectfully when you are leaving while others are staying, 안녕히 계세요. To say goodbye

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casually when you're leaving, 잘 있어. To say "Good bye" respectfully when the other person
is leaving, 안녕히 가세요. To say goodbye casually when the other person is leaving, 잘가.

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