LinguaOne hello for the whole day
Korean does not divide the day into good morning, good afternoon and good evening. 안녕하세요 covers every hour and every stranger, colleague and shopkeeper. Literally it asks are you at peace, so the intonation can rise slightly as a question, and it is said with a small bow of the head. Among close friends and to children the short 안녕 does the same job; to anyone older or unfamiliar, always the long form.
Two goodbyes, depending on who moves
Goodbye splits in two. To the person who is leaving you say 안녕히 가세요 – go in peace. To the person who is staying you say 안녕히 계세요 – stay in peace. So a guest leaving a house says 계세요 to the host and hears 가세요 back; two people parting on the street both say 가세요. Between friends 잘 가요 (go well) and 또 만나요 (let us meet again) are lighter. At night the same split appears: 안녕히 주무세요 to an elder going to bed, 잘 자요 to a friend. On the phone, and only there, the opening word is 여보세요.
| Situation | Phrase |
|---|---|
| meeting anyone, any hour | 안녕하세요 |
| to the one leaving | 안녕히 가세요 |
| to the one staying | 안녕히 계세요 |
| to a friend leaving | 잘 가요 |
| to an elder at bedtime | 안녕히 주무세요 |
| to a friend at bedtime | 잘 자요 |
| answering the phone | 여보세요 |
안녕하세요, 선생님Hello, teacher.
여보세요, 안나 씨예요?Hello, is that Anna?
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 안녕하세요 | hello | 안녕하세요, 민수 씨 Hello, Minsu. |
| 안녕히 가세요 | goodbye (to the one leaving) | 안녕히 가세요, 또 오세요 Goodbye, come again. |
| 안녕히 계세요 | goodbye (to the one staying) | 안녕히 계세요, 어머니 Goodbye, mother. |
| 잘 가요 | bye (to a friend leaving) | 잘 가요, 내일 봐요 Bye, see you tomorrow. |
| 또 만나요 | see you again | 다음 주에 또 만나요 See you again next week. |
| 네 | yes | 네, 맞아요 Yes, that is right. |
| 아니요 | no | 아니요, 괜찮아요 No, it is fine. |
| 안녕히 주무세요 | good night (to an elder) | 아버지, 안녕히 주무세요 Good night, father. |
| 잘 자요 | good night (to a friend) | 잘 자요, 좋은 꿈 꿔요 Good night, sweet dreams. |
| 여보세요 | hello (on the phone) | 여보세요, 누구세요? Hello, who is this? |
Exercises
This lesson has 11 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 4
- match the pairs: 1
- fill the gap: 2
- build the sentence: 2
- translate the sentence: 1
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
You are leaving and your host stays behind. What do you say?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.