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A Variety of Korean Phrases
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You no doubt by now have made that obligatory purchase of the Lonely Planet Guide to Korea, or a similar reference/guide book that inform you on what key phrases you will need during your stay. There are a few vital phrases that continue to be omitted in all these publications, probably because the Korean Government doesn't want to admit that there is a need for them. Strangely there are no publications, to date, that include useful phrases for teachers in Korea, even though there are many more teachers here than there are English speaking tourists. We have a page of language links.
Good bye (I remain) : an-nyeong-hi ka-se-yo Good bye (I leave.) : an-nyeong-hi kye-se-yo Good-day (general) : an-nyeong-ha-se-yo Good night : an-nyeong-hi ju-mu-se-yo Nice to meet you : ban-gap seum-ni-da Honorific or polite greeting : an-yong-ha-shim-nikka Answering the phone greeting (like hello) : yobo-sayo Goodbye to friends : ann-yonng (it feels good if your kids say this to you)
No : a-ni-yo Good : jo-seum-ni-da Bad : na-peum-ni-da I don't like : sil-seum-ni-da
Thank you very much : tae-dan-hi kam-sa-ham-ni-da You are welcome : cheon-ma-ne-yo Please : je-bal Please help me : jom do-wa-ju-se-yo Give me please : ju-se-yo Excuse me : je-song-ham-ni-da or shilae?ham-ni-da I don't understand : jal mo-reu-get-sum-ni-da or mul-ay-oh (don?t know) How do you say this in [English]? : i-geo-seul [yeong-eo]-ro meo-ra-go ham-ni-ka Can you speak [English]? : [yeong-eo]-ro mal-hal-su it-seum-ni-ka What is your name? : -reu-mi mu-eo-sim-ni-ka Nice to meet you : ban-kap-seum-ni-da How are you? : eo-teo-ke ji-nae-sim-ni-ka Where is the bathroom (toilet)? : hwa-jang-sil-i eo-di i-sum-ni-ka I'm sorry : mi-yan-ham-ni-da Please be quiet : cho-yong-ee-hae (close mouths) Don't touch it/me : man-jee-jee-marr (depending on if you are pointing to something else) Don't do that : hudge-ii mar this : ee-go country : na-ra big : kun Wonderful : hul-ryung-han Awesome : a-sa (not really necessary but you will notice your kids will say it a lot when you let them play games, we ended up saying this a lot too, just for fun)
English : yeong-eo French : bul-eo German : dok-il-eo Chinese : chung-kuk-eo
we : u-ri you (singular, familiar) : neo you (singular, formal) : dang-sin you (plural, familiar) : neo-hi-deul you (plural, formal) : yeo-reo-bun they : keu-deul
older Korean man : ad-je-shee older Korean woman : ad-ju-ma American (person) : mi-guk (saram) Canadian (person) : kanada (saram) Korean (person) : han-guk (saram) foreigner : wae-guk (saram) teacher : saeg-sing-nim student : hak-saeng wife : a-nae husband : nam-pyeon daughter : ttal son : adeul mother : omma (if you are a child), o-mmo-ni (if you are an adult) father : oppa (if you are a child), o-bo-ji ( if you are an adult) friend : chin-gu
one (1) : il two (2) : i three (3) : sam four (4) : sa five (5) : o six (6) : yuk seven (7) : chil eight (8) : pal nine (9) : gu ten (10) : ship eleven (11) : ship-il twelve (12) : ship-i thirteen (13) : ship-sam fourteen (14) : ship-sa fifteen (15) : ship-o sixteen (16) : ship-yuk seventeen (17) : ship-chil eighteen (18) : ship-pal nineteen (19) : ship-gu twenty (20) : i-ship twenty one (21) : i-ship-il twenty two (22) : i-ship-i twenty three (23) : i-ship-sam thirty (30) : sam-ship forty (40) : sa-ship fifty (50) : o-ship sixty (60) : yuk-ship seventy (70) : chil-ship eighty (80) : pal-ship ninety (90) : gu-ship one hundred (100) : baek one thousand (1,000) : cheon ten thousand (10,000) : man one hundred thousand (100,000) : ship-man one million (100,000) : baek-man For counting small objects: one (1) : hanna two (2) : twogay or dugay three (3) : seggay four (4) : neggay This counting system you use to order amount of small items like food.
What is this? : i-go-seun mu-eo-sim-na-ka I'll buy it : i-go-seul sa-ge-seum-ni-da Too expensive (The price is too high.) : neo-mu bi-ssa-yo Could you lower the price? (Give me a discount, please.) : jom kka-kka-ju-se-yo stamp : u-pyo a little : jo-geum a lot : ma-ni all : mo-du
lunch : jeom-sim dinner : jeo-nyeok Cheers! : geon-bae Please bring the bill : kye-san-seo jom su-sip-si-yo bread : ppang coffee : coffee tea : cha juice : juice water : mul beer : maek-ju wine : po-do-ju salt : so-geum pepper : hu-chu meat : go-gi beef : so-go-gi pork : dae-ji-go-gi fish : saeng-seon vegetable : chae-so fruit : kwa-il salad : salad dessert : hu-sik ice cream : ice cream
Where is [Seoul station]? : [Seoul-yeok]-i eo-di-e i-seup-ni-ka How much is the fare? : yo-geum-i eol-ma-im-ni-ka ticket : pyo One ticket to [Seoul] please : Seoul-ro ga-neun pyo han-jang ju-sip-si-yo Where are you going? : eo-di-e ga-sim-ni-ka Where do you live? : eo-di-e sa-sim-ni-ka train : gi-cha bus : bus subway : ji-ha-cheol airport : gong-hang train station : ji-cha-yeok bus station : bus jeong-geo-jang subway station : jeon-cheol-yeok hotel : hotel room : bang reservation : ye-yak Are there any vacancies for [tonight]? : [o-neul-bam] bin-bang eop-seum-ni-ka passport : yeo-kwon Stop here : yog-ee-o (for halting a taxi etc.)
right : o-reun-chok straight : ddok-ba-ro up : wi-ro down : a-re-ro far : meon near : ga-ka-un long : gin short : chal-beun map : ji-do tourist information center(office) : gwan-gang an-ne-so here : yyog-ee there : chog-ee
Museum : bak-mul-kwan Bank : eun-haeng Police station : gyong-chal-seo Hospital : byeong-won Pharmacy, Chemist : yak-guk Store, Shop : ga-gye Restaurant : sik-dang School : hak-gyon Church : gyo-hye Restrooms : hwa-jang-sil Street : gil Mountain : san Hill : eon-deok Lake : ho-su River : gang Swimming Pool : su-yeong-jang Tower : tap Bridge : da-ri Entertainment room : bang, P.C bang (computer room), nori-bang (singing room)
eight forty-five (8:45) : yeo-deol-si sa-sip-o-bun a quarter till nine (8:45) : a-hop-si sip-o-bun-jeon four fifteen (4:15) : ne-si sip-o-bun-jeon a quarter past four (4:15) : ne-si sip-o-bun-jeon ten thirty (10:30) : yeol-si sam-sip-bun half past ten (10:30) : yeol-si ban
week : ju month : wol year : nyeon today : o-neul yesterday : eo-je tomorrow : ne-il birthday : saeng-il Happy birthday! : saeng-il chuk-ha-ham-ni-da
Tuesday : hwa-yo-il Wednesday : su-yo-il Thursday : mok-yo-il Friday : keum-yo-il Saturday : to-yo-il Sunday : il-yo-il
February : i-wol March : sam-wol April : sa-wol May : o-wol June : yuk-wol July : chil-wol August : pal-wol September : gu-wol October : sip-wol November : sip-il-wol December : sip-i-wol
summer : yeo-reum fall (autumn) : ga-eul winter : gyeo-ul
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