Letters

[usakorjb03]

I was wondering, If I was to write a letter in korean, at the end would I write 안녕히 가세요. or 안녕히 계세요? that is if I want to say "goodbye" before the salutation. just wondering

[Bouks]

I would like to know that too - and also, what you should say on the phone, since both parties are "going", but really, no one's moving. Hmm...good culture class topic?

[usakorjb03]

how true how true

[holdfast]

people don't generally say goodbye on the phone. sometimes they just hang up, or sometimes people say 응 or 끊어. it's funny because i know that, but my korean friends here in america will take FOREVER to say goodbye on the phone! i guess because they think i want them to do that. they will say goodbye like 7 times.. it's funny.

i'm not sure about letters.

[usakorjb03]

AWESOME LOL idk

[javiskefka]

I've seen 안녕히계세요 at the end of a polite wall posting on facebook.

[manyakumi]

안녕히 가세요
(When the listener is leaving here to somewhere)

안녕히 계세요
(When the speaker is a visitor and trying to say goodbye to the host)


We usually use 안녕히 계세요 in a phone call or letter.
But 90% or more peoples use "응" or "네" instead of saying goodbye these days.

[rooraa]

I've noticed in dramas, like the conversation just ends and *click* hang up =]

[Bouks]

I just watched a drama episode where it sounded like the person wanting to hang up said something that sounded like "kkeuneo", "I'm cutting", meaning hanging up. Could that be possible, or did I misunderstand? Probably not a habitual thing though.

[holdfast]

I just watched a drama episode where it sounded like the person wanting to hang up said something that sounded like "kkeuneo", "I'm cutting", meaning hanging up. Could that be possible, or did I misunderstand? Probably not a habitual thing though.

yes, i mentioned that in my above post. people say 끊어 quite often when hanging up the phone and it just means "i'm hanging up."
the first time i heard that was when i talked to the 9 year old son of a korean friend. it was cute!

[Bouks]

Ooops, sorry I missed that, holdfast...I am starting to suspect I have ADD

Um, what was the question? Just kidding.

So "kkeuneo" is ok to say then, at least in informal situations. Otherwise it would seem kind of too direct, I would think. In the drama episode I watched, it was a mother having a hissyfit about some sort of typical absurd drama situation, hanging up from talking to her daughter, with whom she was rather miffed, so I didn't know if it was something one would normally say.

[manyakumi]

It's okay to say 끊어 in casual situations.
and you are also able to say 끊어요 as a standard politeness level.

but be careful to say so that it might be heard bluntly.
Just remember to say it kindly, friendly, softly.

[javiskefka]

Maybe it's somewhat like the 하숙 아줌마 responding to my "다녀오겠습니다" with "가".