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| Hi, everyone! Welcome to the Korean Whiteboard Lesson! My name is K-Jin. |
| 안녕하세요, 케이진입니다. |
| (Annyeonghaseyo, keijin-ibnida.) |
| In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use greetings and parting expressions in Korean. |
| Let’s get started! |
| Okay, so let’s look at some expressions. |
| First, we have 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo). |
| 안녕하세요. (Annyeonghaseyo.) [enunciated] |
| 안녕하세요. (Annyeonghaseyo.) |
| It means “hello” and it’s a standard way to say hello. It’s polite enough to use it to someone who you don’t know very well or friendly enough to use with someone we are close to. |
| So, 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo). |
| 안녕하세요. (Annyeonghaseyo.) |
| 안녕. (Annyeong.) |
| 안녕 (annyeong) is informal way to say hello, so it’s like “hi” in English. Or you can also use it when you say “bye.” So, the informal way to say “bye” in Korean is 안녕 (annyeong), 안녕 (annyeong). This is very useful because you can say “hello” or “bye” with this one word. |
| 안녕. (Annyeong.) |
| How about this one? |
| 좋은 아침이에요. (Joeun achimieyo.) |
| 좋은 아침이에요. (Joeun achimieyo.) [enunciated] |
| 좋은 아침이에요. (Joeun achimieyo.) |
| It means “Good morning.” |
| This is not a traditional expression in Korean. This is probably from the English work “good morning,” so it’s not as common as these two words; 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo), 안녕 (annyeong). These are much more common than 좋은 아침이에요 (joeun achimieyo). |
| 좋은 (joeun) literally means “good.” |
| 좋은 (joeun) [enunciated] |
| 좋은 (joeun) |
| 아침 (achim) |
| 아침 (achim) |
| 아침 (Achim) means “morning.” |
| 이에요 (Ieyo) is from the verb 이다 (ida). Technically, it’s a particle, but it acts like a verb. In English, it’s similar to “be” verb, be. |
| 좋은 아침이에요. (Joeun achimieyo.) |
| So, it literally means “It’s a good morning.” |
| 좋은 아침이에요. (Joeun achimieyo.) |
| Informally, we can also say 좋은 아침 (joeun achim). |
| 좋은 아침 (joeun achim) [enunciated] |
| 좋은 아침 (joeun achim) |
| So, you omit this part, 이에요 (ieyo), and just say 좋은 아침 (joeun achim). |
| So, these are the phrases you need to memorize when you say “hello” in Korean. |
| But how about “goodbye”? |
| “Goodbye” in Korean has many different expressions. |
| First, we have: |
| 잘 자요 (Jal jayo) meaning “good night.” |
| 잘 자요. (Jal jayo.) [enunciated] |
| 잘 자요. (Jal jayo.) |
| 잘 (Jal), 잘 (jal), it literally means “well.” |
| 잘 (Jal), 잘 (jal). |
| 자요 (Jayo) means “to sleep,” to sleep. |
| So, it literally means “sleep well.” |
| “Sleep well” in Korean is 잘 자요 (jal jayo). |
| 잘 자요. (Jal jayo.) |
| It’s a polite expression. |
| How about this? |
| 또 봐요. (Tto bwayo.) |
| 또 봐요. (Tto bwayo.) [enunciated] |
| 또 봐요. (Tto bwayo.) |
| It means “See you again!.” |
| 또 (Tto), 또 (tto) means “again.” |
| 또 (Tto), 또 (tto) |
| 봐요 (bwayo) means “to see, to watch, to look.” |
| So, 또 봐요 (tto bwayo) means “see you again,” see you again. |
| Next, we have: |
| 다음에 봐요. (Daeume bwayo.) |
| 다음에 봐요. (Daeume bwayo.) |
| 다음에 봐요. (Daeume bwayo.) |
| 다음에 (Daeume) means “next time.” |
| 다음에 (Daeume) means “next time.” |
| 다음 (Daeum) is “next time” and 에 (e) is particle for time. |
| 다음에 (Daeume), so in English, it’s more like “on next time.” So, 에 (e) is like “on” or “it” and this is a particle for time. |
| For example, instead of “next time,” we’ll say, “See you on Monday.” |
| Monday in Korean is 월요일 (wol-yoil) |
| 월요일 (wol-yoil) |
| So, instead of “next time” which is 다음 (daeum), you can just say 월요일에 봐요. (wol-yoile bwayo.), it means “See you on Monday.” |
| Or how about this? |
| You wanna meet the person at 5PM, 5PM. Five o’clock in Korean is 다섯시 (daseos-si). |
| 다섯시 (daseos-si) |
| So, instead of 다음 (daeum), you can put 다섯시 (daseos-si) and say 에 (e), the particle for time, 봐요 (bwayo). |
| 다섯시에 봐요. (daseos-sie bwayo.) means “See you at 5 o’clock.” |
| So, you put the time word here and say 에 봐요 (e bwayo). |
| 다음에 봐요. (Daeume bwayo.) |
| Next, we have 안녕히 계세요 (annyeonghi gyeseyo). |
| 안녕히 계세요. (Annyeonghi gyeseyo.) |
| 안녕히 계세요. (Annyeonghi gyeseyo.) |
| It means “goodbye.” |
| Oh, do you see this? We have one more goodbye. |
| 안녕히 가세요. (Annyeonghi gaseyo.) |
| So, we have exactly the same meaning, but there is a slight difference. Let’s look at this. |
| 안녕히 (Annyeonghi) |
| 안녕히 (Annyeonghi) |
| 안녕히 (Annyeonghi), it means “in peace.” |
| 계세요 (Gyeseyo) |
| 계세요 (Gyeseyo) |
| 계세요 (Gyeseyo) is very polite form of 있다 (it-da), 있다 (it-da). |
| It’s from 있다 (it-da), 있다 (it-da) meaning “to stay.” |
| 계세요 (Gyeseyo) is honorific form of 있다 (it-da). |
| 안녕히 계세요. (Annyeonghi gyeseyo.) |
| 안녕히 계세요. (Annyeonghi gyeseyo.) |
| It literally means “stay in peace,” stay in peace, goodbye, stay in peace. |
| 안녕히 계세요. (Annyeonghi gyeseyo.) |
| How about this one? |
| We have this “in peace” and 가세요 (gaseyo). |
| 가세요 (Gaseyo) is an honorific way to say “go.” “Go” in Korean is 가다 (gada), right? |
| 가다 (gada) |
| But we are using 가세요 (gaseyo). It’s a very honorific expression. |
| 안녕히 가세요. (Annyeonghi gaseyo.) |
| So, it literally means “go in peace,” go in peace. |
| So, can you guess what it means? |
| As you can see here, this person is staying at this place and then now leaving, now leaving, and I wanna say “Bye!” So, this person is leaving and saying this phrase to someone staying, okay? This person is leaving, “I’m leaving, bye!” And then this person is saying bye to someone who is staying. That’s why this person is saying, “Hey, stay in peace,” stay in peace. |
| 안녕히 계세요. (Annyeonghi gyeseyo.) |
| 안녕히 계세요. (Annyeonghi gyeseyo.) |
| And this person is saying, “Go in peace,” go in peace, right? Because this person is going, leaving, and you are just staying. This person is staying and saying this phrase to someone leaving. |
| So, you say: |
| 안녕히 가세요. (Annyeonghi gaseyo.) |
| 안녕히 가세요. (Annyeonghi gaseyo.) |
| 안녕히 계세요 (Annyeonghi gyeseyo) is used by someone who is leaving and this person is saying this phrase to someone who is staying. 안녕히 가세요 (Annyeonghi gaseyo) is passive, right? |
| This person is staying and saying this phrase to someone who is leaving. |
| 안녕히 가세요 (Annyeonghi gaseyo) |
| And these are very, very polite. This is polite. |
| How can you say informally? |
| 잘 자요 (Jal jayo), 잘 자요 (jal jayo). |
| Just remove 요 (yo), then you say 잘 자 (jal ja). |
| 잘 자 (Jal ja) is informal way to say “goodnight.” |
| Here, you omit 요 (yo) at the end, 또 봐 (tto bwa). |
| 또 봐 (Tto bwa) is informal way to say “See you again.” |
| Here too, omit this, 다음에 봐 (daeume bwa). |
| It’s an informal way to say, “See you next time.” |
| Here, so, can I say 안녕히 계세 (annyeonghi gyese)? 안녕히 가세 (Annyeonghi gase)? |
| No. This is an honorific form, so we have different expressions. So, the expression will be saying 잘 있어 (jal-isseo) or 요 (yo), 잘 있어요 (jal-isseoyo). |
| 잘 (Jal) means, we saw it here, right? It means “well.” |
| 있어 (isseo) means “stay” so we literally meant “stay well,” stay well. |
| 잘 있어 (jal-isseo) is informal. |
| 잘 있어요 (jal-isseoyo) is still friendly, but it’s polite. |
| 잘 있어요 (jal-isseoyo) |
| This is 잘 가요 (jal gayo) and this person will be saying 잘 가 (jal ga). |
| 잘 (Jal) means “well.” |
| 가 (ga) means “go.” |
| So, it literally means “go well.” |
| 잘 가 (jal ga) is informal and 잘 가요 (jal gayo), 잘 가요 (jal gayo) is friendly enough, but still is polite, 잘 가요 (jal gayo). And these two are very polite. It’s an honorific expression. |
| And for “goodnight,” there is also an honorific expression that you can use it to your grandparents or your boss or professor, someone who is higher position than you, then you can say 안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo). |
| 안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo) |
| 안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo) |
| So, it’s an honorific form which is very formal. |
| 잘 자요 (Jal jayo) is friendly, polite. |
| 잘 자 (Jal ja) is informal. |
| So, we learned greetings and parting greetings that are commonly used in Korea. |
| Okay, let’s look at the dialogue. |
| Two neighbors are passing each other in the lobby of their apartment building. Please find what greetings are used in the dialogue and how they are used. Okay, so let’s look at it. |
| 안녕하세요. (Annyeonghaseyo.) |
| 안녕. (Annyeong.) |
| One more time. |
| 안녕하세요. (Annyeonghaseyo.) |
| 안녕. (Annyeong.) |
| 안녕하세요. (Annyeonghaseyo.) |
| Do you remember what it is? |
| 안녕하세요. (Annyeonghaseyo.) |
| It means “Hello.” It’s a polite way to say hello. |
| 안녕하세요. (Annyeonghaseyo.) |
| 안녕. (Annyeong.) |
| 안녕 (Annyeong) is informal way to say “hello,” just like “hi” in English, right? |
| 안녕. (Annyeong.) |
| By looking at this dialogue, I can already guess their relationship. |
| So, 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo). |
| The person who said this phrase is probably younger, because this person is using the polite language. This person is trying to be polite. |
| How about this? 안녕. (Annyeong.) |
| It’s an informal language, right? Meaning, this person is probably older. So, this person is using the informal language to the person who is younger. |
| So, 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo). |
| 안녕. (Annyeong.) |
| Just by looking at this, you can even guess their age. |
| Keep in mind that bowing is a big part of Korean culture! Bowing shows humility and respect. |
| The amount of time you hold your bow displays the intent and purpose of your greeting. The longer you hold your bow, the more respect and humility it conveys. |
| Also, the angle of your bow shows how much respect you are expressing with your greeting. |
| The most common one is a short, quick bow like a nod. You use it when you say hello or goodbye politely. |
| 안녕하세요. (Annyeonghaseyo.) |
| 안녕히 계세요. (Annyeonghi gyeseyo.) |
| 안녕히 가세요. (Annyeonghi gaseyo.) |
| When we say hello or goodbye casually, you just wave your hands. |
| 안녕. (Annyeong.) |
| 잘 있어. (Jal-isseo.) |
| 잘 가. (Jal ga.) |
| 또 봐. (Tto bwa.) |
| 다음에 봐. (Daeume bwa.) |
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