Vocabulary Sheet 1-Greetings 인사

Korean 101 with J.Lee

So, I'm formatting this as if you are in a made up city called Jelly City (lame I know). It's a new city developed within Seoul. You are a foreign exchange student studying Korean and you are staying with a host family living in Jelly City. The host family is just me. Lee Jiyeon. A.K.A, J.Lee. LOL Hope you enjoy your stay here!


Welcome to Jelly City! A new city developed within Seoul!! I'm your host, Jiyeon. You will be staying with me during your stay here in Korea. I hope to help you as much as possible! Before we get settled in, let's start with Greetings shall we?

Korean English
환영합니다 Welcome
안녕하세요 Hello (formal)
안녕 Hi (informal) Bye (informal)
잘 있었나요? How have you been?
네! 잘 있었어요. I've been well.
뭐해? What's up?
아무것도 안해 Nothing much
만나서 반갑습니다 Nice to meet you
만나서 반가워요 Nice to meet you (both are interchangeable)
잘 부탁드립니다 Please treat me well
오래만입니다 It's been a while (formal)
오래만이다 It's been a while (informal)
이름이 뭐에요? What's your name?
내 이름은 OOO 입니다. My name is...
저는 OOO 입니다. I am...(also used when saying your name)
몇살이에요? How old are you?
저는 OO살 입니다 I am...years old
그쪽 은(요)? And you? or How about you?
안녕히가세요 Goodbye (formal leaving)
안녕히계세요 Goodbye (formal staying)
잘가 Bye! (informal) (literally means Go well!)
인사 Greetings
이름 Name

 

You think you got the greetings down? Let's try it out!

J: 안녕하세요! 만나서 반갑습니다!

You: 안녕하세요! 만나서 반가워요!

J: 이름이 뭐에요?

You: 내 이름은 OOO 입니다. 이름이 뭐에요?

J: 저는 이지연 입니다! 몇살이에요?

You: 저는 OO 살 입니다. 그쪽 은요?

J: 저는 스물두살 입니다.

 

Did you understand? Here is the translation. Hope you got it right!

J: Hello! Nice to meet you!

You: Hello! Nice to meet you!

J: What's your name?

You: My name is...What's your name?

J: My name is Lee Jiyeon. How old are you?

You: I am...And you?

J: I am 22 years old.

 

Good job! Those are the basic greetings when you meet someone new! The first vocabulary sheet is all phrases. There's not much verbs or nouns going on. So memorize these phrases. They will be helpful when you meet someone new! Now let's go over a few of them shall we?

 

Name

There are two ways to introduce your name. There's no right or wrong on which one to use. There's just 2 options for you!

저는 OOO 입니다. (I am...)

내 이름은 OOO 입니다. (My name is...)

They do have different meanings but essentially it's to introduce your name. Replace the OOO with your name! Preferably the Korean name you chose for yourself!

 

Age

Remember the number lesson? Which of the two number systems do we use to describe Age? You got it! The native Korean numbers!

Example. I am 17 years old.

저는 열 일곱 살 입니다.

I am 38 years old.

저는 서른 여덟 살 입니다.

Easy right?

 

And you?

The phrase I used is 그쪽 은(요)? I've heard many dividing reactions from this phrase. My parents said it's rude. But others say it's formal. I'm gonna say, it's the correct thing to use when talking to someone you've met for the first time and they are about the same age as you. You could re-ask the questions like What's your name? My name is blah blah blah. What's your name? My name is blah blah blah. How old are you? I am...How old are you? etc. But to avoid that, the phrase 그쪽 은요? comes in handy. But what if you wanna say it to someone older? 

To an older man-->아저씨는요?

To an older woman-->아줌마는요?

To an even older man-->할아버지는요?

To an even older woman-->할머니는요?

To an older guy (few years older)-->오빠는? 형은?

To an older girl (few years older)-->누나는? 언니는?

To a senior-->선배는?

To someone younger than you-->너는?

Replace 그쪽 with the corresponding people. An older woman is an 아줌마 so you can replace 그쪽 with 아줌마. Also notice I put 요 in () in the original phrase. 요 is formal so depending on the person, you can choose whether to put 요 or not. Of course, to someone older, you HAVE to attach 요. But even to a senior at your school or maybe someone only a few years older, you can choose to not put the 요 if you don't want to. Of course, respect the other person's side as well. He/She might not be comfortable if you spoke informally to them. So make the choice whether you want to attach 요 or not.

 

Goodbye

There are two ways to say goodbye formally and yes there are two different situations in which you use them.

안녕히가세요

You use this when people are leaving your house. If you hosted some party and the guests are turning to leave, you say, 안녕히가세요. If you look closely in the word, the word 가 is there, which you will learn later means 'Go'. So the basic meaning of this phrase is 'Please Go Safely'.

안녕히계세요

You use this when you're the one leaving someone's house. If you look at the word closely, the word 계, means to stay. So the basic meaning of this phrase is 'Please Stay'

 

Hi/Bye

The word is the same! 안녕! This is the informal way of saying hi and bye and you can use it among your friends. There is another 'Bye' phrase which you can use as well. 잘가.

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BTSARMY2001 #1
Also, my real name is 시엘라 (Sierra).
BTSARMY2001 #2
안녕하세요! 저는 킴용인 여! Did I spell it correctly? I couldn't remember if I needed to use ㄱ or ㅋ for Kim. I'm learning how to read, spell, and say simple phrases in Korean from my sister who is taking Korean classes in college.
xui-jin #3
my korean paper got an B and i still really upset about it. when i found and open this, why i didnt discovered it much earlier? . now my regrets get more deeper. TT...
teacher, would you update more often?, i sorry for the pressure. but this is really help my understand knowledge especially how to pronouns the correct tone, how to write it back , etc,
and my problem, i still cannot differentiate the under double consonant how to pronouns it. like 나는오고있다.
있지 않다. ( just auto translate) i don't even know if this a correct words.
eheriza93
#4
Chapter 31: This is pretty good! It's pretty easy to understand.선생님 감사합니다~! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
=)
eheriza93
#5
안녕하세요. 저늠 최혜경입니다. ㅇㅅㅇ
I would like to be a student!
Also, I used the generator, so please tell me if the name sounds weird for you. =)
(I can just use my nickname if you're uncomfortable with it.)
soominiecraze #6
안녕하세요. 저는 오수민입니다. I would like to be a student.
taemeilin_
#7
Chapter 29: Maybe its a boring topic but I'd like to learn business terms. Like words you'd use around your work place. And maybe formal school terms. For example, assignment, task, deadline etc.
wlstjffls
#8
I just realized that I haven't subscribed to this story lmfao
yamitan7 #9
Chapter 29: Sorry about being so quiet >< I'm usually quite inactive in actual lessons too T T
Hmm... I've been wondering for a while but how about slipping a quiz every 2 or 3 lessons? That way, you'll get to know how our Korean is coming along and we get to put our Korean to the test xD
eoeoandstuff
#10
안녕하세요! I'd love to be a student here!
저는 이은지 입니다!