General Questions....

[nisharangdal_225645]

Annyeonghaseyo yeoreobun!

I wanted a few of my doubts cleared, so here goes:

1. I was curious to know if the phrase “annyeonghi gyeseyo” could be used to wish a person farewell even when you would not be seeing them for a long time. For example, can I use this when saying “Bye” to my mother when I leave for school every morning?

2. 'I am Korean' will be: Jeo-neun hanguksaram-imnida right? So then, if I wanted to say “I am not Korean”, will it be: Jeo-neun hanguksaram anida? since anida means ‘to not be’?
Also, what is the Korean word for ‘Indian’ (people)?

3. There are two ways of saying ‘Thank You’ :
–> Gamsahamnida(formal) and
–> Gomapseumnida (standard).
Here I wanted to know if the standard form of saying thank you could be used for informal situations? For ex: can I use gomapseumnida with friends and family?

4. This one is like No.3. There are two ways of saying I'm sorry too. Joesonghamnida (which is used for formal situations; I'm guessing with people you don't know) and Miyanhamnida (which is also used for formal situations I believe). Here I son't understand where to use what.

Will be really grateful if someone clarified these for me.

Gamsahamnida!

Nisha

[jaehwi]

Hi Nisha,

Thank you for asking the questions.


1. If that's for not seeing someone for a short period of time, 안녕히 계세요 might not be good one to use. You can instead say 다녀 오겠습니다. (danyeo ogesseumnida) instead, which literally means 'I'll go out and come back.'


2. That's correct. You can use 'anida' for informal and 'animnida' for formal Korean. You can say 인도 사람 for Indian people.

3. You can say 고마워 gomawo as the way to say Thank yuo informally.

4. Both are replaceable, but 죄송합니다 sounds more formal than 미안합니다. You can consider that 죄송합니다 is more likely 'I apologize' and 미안합니다 as 'I'm sorry'

I hope it helps.

If you have any questions, please let us know.

Thank you,
Jaehwi
Team KoreanClass101.com

[nisharangdal_225645]

Hello!

Yes, they most definitely helped me a lot! Thank you so much for the quick reply

Nisha

[team.relationships]

Hi Nisha,

Please, feel free to contact us any time you have any question

Cheers!
Laura
Team KoreanClass101.com