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Hi everyone, welcome to another Korean Whiteboard lesson.
My name is Keijin.
안녕하세요, 케이진입니다.
(annyeonghaseyo, keijin-ibnida.)
In this lesson, you will learn essential social expressions in Korean.
Let's get started.
Okay, let's look at the vocabulary.
First, we have
저기요.
(Jeo-gi-yo.)
Excuse me.
It literally means over there, over there.
저기 (Jeo-gi) means over there, and 요 (yo) makes 저기 (Jeo-gi) polite,
so over there, which is like excuse me in English.
저기요.
(Jeo-gi-yo.)
Next, we have
잠시만요.
(Jam-si-man-yo.)
Which means excuse me.
It literally means just a moment, just a moment.
잠시 (Jam-si) is like a while, moment.
만 (man) is like only or just.
And 요 (yo) again makes 잠시만 (Jam-si-man) as a polite sentence.
잠시만요.
(Jam-si-man-yo.)
Excuse me.
And now we want to answer.
Yes, yes.
Yes in Korean is
네.
(Ne?)
Well, it literally means yes, and it's a polite way to say yes in Korean.
네.
(Ne?)
Another way to answer this is
무슨 일이세요?
(Mu-seun il-i-se-yo?)
It means what's up.
무슨 (Mu-seun) is like what.
일 (il) means matter or issue.
이세요 (i-se-yo) is like is. So what matter is it? What issue is it?
It literally like what's the matter? What's up?
무슨 일이세요?
(Mu-seun il-i-se-yo?)
Next, we have thank you.
Do you know how to say thank you in Korean?
It's 감사합니다.
(gam-sa-ham-ni-da.)
Thank you.
This is very formal.
감사합니다.
(gam-sa-ham-ni-da.)
We have another way to say thank you is
고마워요.
(Gomawoyo.)
meaning thank you.
And it's informal polite.
So what is informal polite?
So first, without 요, (yo) if you don't have any 요 (yo) here, it's just
고마워.
(Gomawo)
It's informal way to say thank you. It's like thanks in English.
You can use it
to your close friends or your family members or someone
who is much younger than you.
고마워.
(Gomawo)
But you want to be a little bit more formal or polite.
It's not completely formal but a little bit more polite.
So you put 요 (yo) at the end.
So you say
고마워요.
(Gomawoyo.)
So you can use it to your neighbors
which you don't have to be too formal
but you can be still polite to them, right?
So neighbors or older relatives, maybe your grandfather, grandmother.
고마워요.
(Gomawoyo.)
But please remember to say thank you to your close friends.
It's just 고마워 (Gomawo.) without 요 (yo) at the end.
If someone says 고마워 (Gomawo.) to you, how would you answer?
Here you are.
So you're welcome in Korean is
아니에요.
(A-ni-e-yo.)
It literally means no, that's not true.
Not at all. Don't mention it.
So 아니에요 (A-ni-e-yo.) means that's not true.
So it can be translated as not at all.
아니에요.
(A-ni-e-yo.)
Another way to answer is
뭘요?
(Mwolyo.)
뭘?
(Mwol.)
It's shortened form of 뭐를. 뭐를.
뭐 means what.
So it literally means what.
What are you talking about?
Don't mention that. It's okay.
What? Don't mention it.
뭘요?
(Mwolyo.)
Now we have sorry in Korean is
죄송합니다.
(Joesonghamnida.)
It means sorry.
And this is very formal and among many expressions to say sorry,
I would recommend you to memorize this first.
죄송합니다.
(Joesonghamnida.)
Which is the most formal version.
Because when you apologize, it's always better to be formal and humble and polite, right?
So, 죄송합니다. (Joesonghamnida.) It means sorry.
It's a formal way to say sorry.
죄송합니다.
(Joesonghamnida.)
Do you remember
고마워요?
(Gomawoyo.)
Which is informal polite?
To say thank you.
For sorry, we have exactly the same thing, which is.
미안해요.
(Mianhaeyo.)
It means sorry and it's informal and polite. Again, what does that mean?
First,
미안해.
(Mianhae.).
These three letters, this means sorry and you can use it to your close friends
or someone who is younger than you, your family members.
When you use informal language, say sorry.
Saying sorry is
미안해.
(Mianhae.)
But now you want to be a little bit more polite.
For example,
you are on the subway and there are grandmother and grandfather
who are very old, maybe in 70s, 80s.
And they can probably say sorry to you.
미안해.
(Mianhae.)
But they want to be a little bit more polite, so they put 요 (yo) at the end.
미안해요.
(Mianhaeyo.)
So, in this case, it's still informal.
They use this language to someone who is much younger than you,
younger than them, but they put 요 (yo) at the end.
Just like that, I use 미안해요 (Mianhaeyo.) to my friends
who is just maybe one or two years older than me.
So our relationship is informal,
but I still want to be polite because they are older than me.
So in that case, I use 미안해요. (Mianhaeyo.)
Just because
죄송합니다.
(Joesonghamnida.)
Too much, too formal.
And if someone says sorry to you in Korean, how would you answer?
The answer is here.
괜찮아요.
(Gwaenchanayo.)
It literally means it's okay, it's okay.
괜찮아요.
(Gwaenchanayo.)
Another way to say is
아니에요.
(Anieyo.)
Do you remember this word?
We learned it here to say not at all, to answer thank you.
You can use this expression to answer sorry to.
아니에요.
(Anieyo.)
It's okay. Not at all.
아니에요.
(Anieyo.)
Let's look at our dialogue.
While I read it, I want you to pay attention to the social expression we learned today.
See how they are used in the dialogue.
In the apartment building laundry room, a young man is trying to put his
clothes into the washing machine before he stopped.
저기요.
(Jeo-gi-yo.)
Excuse me.
네?
(Ne?)
Yes?
The neighbor that stopped him explains that
that particular washing machine is out of order.
The young man thanks the neighbor.
감사합니다.
(A, gam-sa-ham-ni-da.)
Oh, thank you.
아니에요.
(A-ni-e-yo.)
Not at all.
As the young man closes the washing machine, it makes a loud noise.
So he apologizes for that.
죄송합니다.
(Joe-song-ham-ni-da.)
Sorry.
괜찮아요.
(Gwaen-chan-a-yo.)
It's okay.
Here are more examples.
Scenario 1. You are at a restaurant.
You want to get a waiter's attention and ask for a spoon.
How would you get his attention?
저기요.
(Jeo-gi-yo.)
저기요. 숟가락 있어요?
(Jeo-gi-yo. sudgalag iss-eoyo?)
Excuse me, do you have a spoon?
저기요.
(Jeo-gi-yo.)
숟가락 있어요?
(sudgalag iss-eoyo?)
Scenario 2. You have a meeting with a client, but you are late.
You apologize sincerely.
How would you say sorry formally?
죄송합니다.
(Joesonghamnida.)
많이 늦었네요.
Sorry, I am very late.
죄송합니다.
(Joesonghamnida.)
많이 늦었네요.
Scenario 3. Your neighbor has bought you a hairpin as a present from her trip.
You tell her thank you.
How would you say that casually, but still politely?
고마워요.
(Gomawoyo.)
고마워요. 정말 예쁘네요.
Thank you. It's so pretty.
고마워요. 정말 예쁘네요.

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