5 Korean phrases you can use immediately: polite vs casual
This lesson teaches five phrases for a first day in Korea, yes, no, hello, thank you and sorry, setting each polite form beside its casual form. Visitors should start with the polite forms.
TODAY'S KOREAN네 · 아니요 · 안녕하세요 · 감사합니다 · 죄송합니다
- MEANING
- Five first-day Korean expressions, shown in polite and casual forms.
- PRONUNCIATION
- ne · a-ni-yo · an-nyeong-ha-se-yo · gam-sa-ham-ni-da · joe-song-ham-ni-da
- WHEN TO USE
- Use polite Korean with strangers, staff and older people. Use the casual forms only with close friends or an established informal relationship.
- EXAMPLE
- At a café: 감사합니다. / To a close friend: 고마워.