Learn how to introduce yourself
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| 안녕하세요. 에이미에요. 반가워요. Hi, I'm Amy. Nice to meet you. In this series “삼분한국어”, we’re going to learn basic Korean expressions. |
| It’s super easy and it takes only three minutes! |
| First of all, you're going to learn how to introduce yourself in Korean. There are a few different ways to do it depending on how formal you want to be. |
| Let’s first look at an informal way to introduce yourself. |
| 안녕. 에이미야. 반가워. Hi, I’m Amy. nice to meet you. |
| [slowly] 안녕. 에이미야. 반가워. |
| Here, 안녕 means ‘Peace’. So literally you say ‘Peace’ to say Hello in Korean. |
| Next you can say your name, then add the sentence ending particle 야. My name is 에이미, so I say 에이미야. |
| Finally you say 반가워. 반가워 means ‘Nice to meet you’. |
| Now you try it: Start by saying, 안녕. Then, say your name, followed by 야. If your name is David, you can say |
| 데이비드야. Finally, say 반가워. |
| 안녕. 데이비드야. 반가워 |
| Now let’s see a formal version. |
| 안녕하세요. 에이미에요. 반가워요. Hi, I’m Amy. Nice to meet you. |
| [slowly] 안녕하세요. 에이미에요. 반가워요. |
| What has changed from the previous introduction? |
| Let’s take a close look at these together. |
| First, 안녕 has changed to 안녕하세요. |
| 하세요 is the verb meaning 'to do'. If you add 하세요 next to 안녕, it becomes more formal and polite. 안녕하세요. |
| Next, you can replace the particle 야 with 에요. Both of them are sentence ending particles, and you can put them after nouns. But 야 is informal and 에요 is formal. So if you say 에이미에요 instead of 에이미야, you can introduce your name in more formal way. |
| Finally, 반가워요. Do you remember how to say ‘Nice to meet you’ in informal way? 반가워. Here, you can simply add the particle 요 at the end of the verb. Then it becomes formal. 요 is a particle that can make a sentence polite. |
| [slowly] 반가워요. |
| One more time. The formal way to introduce yourself is: |
| 안녕하세요. 에이미예요. 반가워요. |
| The informal way to introduce yourself is: |
| 안녕. 에이미야. 반가워. |
| Now it’s time for Amy’s insights. |
| When you introduce yourself in Korea, it's polite to make a small bow. If you’re a guy, bow with your hands at your sides. If you’re a girl, bow with your hands clasped in front of you. Bow from the waist. You don't have to dip down very far. |
| Do you know how to say “thank you” in Korean? You’ll learn how to say this and many other words in the next lesson. 다음에 봐요! See you then! |
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