안녕하세요 [Annyeonghaseyo]!

Miss me? I apologize for not updating this sooner. *bows deeply*

*clears throat*

Now, to continue with our next lesson on greetings and farewells! Today's guest is, well, my favorite guest:

Teukie-Teukie-Leeteuk!

Since you are all familiar with the Korean characters by now and know how they sound, we're just going to jump straight into this. However, I will put sort of a general English pronunciation beside each term after I Romanize it. (I hope that makes sense...)

First, we will start with the Polite Greetings:

Polite:

안녕하세요 [Annyeonghaseyo]? 

                  [ahn-nyawng-hah-sayo] 

This is actually sort of a catch-all greeting. It means "Hello", "Hi", "How are you?", "How's it going?", "Good morning", "Good evening", or "Good afternoon". 

In response to the above, the common reply would be:

네, 안녕하세요? [Ne, Annyeonghaseyo]?

                        [Ne, ahn-nyawng-hah-seyo]

This basically means, "I'm fine, thanks. And you?" 

*And as I'm sure you all know, when greeting in Korea, you bow. (Hence, why I decided to haveTeukie oppa join us for this lesson... :P)

처음 뵙겟씀니다? [cheo-eum boep-ket-sseumnida]

      "How do you do?"

별 일 없지요 [byeollil eop-jiyo]

"What's new?"

그저 그래요. [geujeo geuraeyo] 

"Nothing much."

좀 힘들어요. [jom himdeureoyo]

                  "Things are hard."

좀 바빠요. [jom bappayo]

                "Things are busy."

요즘 어떻게 지내세요? [yojeum eotteoke jinaeseyo?]

               "How have you been?"

잘 지내요. [jal jinaeyo]

                "I've been fine, thanks."

Casual Greetings for when you are among close friends:

잘 있었어? [jal isseosseo]?

                 "How are you doing?"

야, 잘 있었냐? [ya, jal isseonya?]

                 "Hey, what's up?"

어떻게 지냈여? [eotteoke jinaesseo?]

                 "How've you been?"

잘 있었어. [jal isseosseo.]

                "I'm fine."

어디 갔었어? [eodi gasseosseo?]