COMMON AND USEFUL KOREAN PHRASES

GREETING AND COMMON COURTESY
  • Hello: Olma-eyo?
    Good bye: (to someone leaving) annyonghi kaseyo
    Good bye: (to someone staying) annyonghi kyeseyo
    Please: putak hamnida
    Thank You: kamsa hamnida
    Yes: ye
    No: aniyo
    Excuse me: shillye hamnida
    I’m sorry: mianhamnida (mistake)
    My name is : Joio irumun ( ) rago hapnida
    I come from ( ): chonun ( ) e so watsumnida
    How do you do?: Cho-um poep-gesseyo
    I’m glad to meet you: Mannasso pangawoyo

SHOPPING
  • How much is it? : annyong hashimnigga (formal)
    That’s too expensive! Nomu pissayo
    Do you have cheaper one? Jokum ssan geosum upsupnika?

EATING OUT
  • May I have a menu, please? Menu chom poyujuseyo
    What’s your specialty here? Ichip-esco chal-hanun umsik-I muo-shijo?

ACCOMMODATION
  • Hotel: hotel
    Guesthouse: yogwan
    Single room: shinggul
    Double room: tobul lum
    With private bath: yokshil innun bang
    Towel: sugon
    May I see the room?: pang?ul polsu issoyo?
    Do you have anything cheaper?: tossan kot sun opsumnigga
    Please give me my key: yolse jom juseyo
    Do you have a vacancy?: Pin pang issoyo?
    May I take a quite room?: Joyonghan bangul butakhapnida
    How do you do?: Cho-um poep-gesseyo
    How much money do I have to pay for one night?: Ibakeo Olma Ipnikka?

TRANSPORTATION
  • I want to get off here: yogiyae naeryojuseyo
    I want to go to ? : ( ) e kago shipsumnida
    Airport: konghang
    Express bus terminal : kosok bosu tominol
    Bus stop : bosu chongnyujang
    Ferry crossing: naru
    Ferry pier: pudu
    Underground station: chihach?ol yok
    Train station: kich?a yok
    Bus: bosu
    Taxi: taekshi
    Train: kich a
    One-way: pyondo
    Return: wangbok
    Passport: yogwan
    How can I get to ( )?: ( )eo Otoke kamyun doipnikka?
    How long does it take to get to ( )?: ( ) kkaji shigami olmana kollimnikka?
    How much do I pay you to go ( )?: ( ) kkaji ganun de olmaipnikka?

FOOD
  • Restaurant: shikdang
    I’m vegetarian: chaeshik juwi imnida
    The menu, please: menyurul poyo juseyo
    The bill please: kyesanso juseyo
    Noodles: myon/kuksu
    Rice: bap
    Fish: saengson
    Beef: sogogi
    Chicken: takkogi
    Pork: taejigogi
    Beans: kyong
    Black pepper: huchu
    Salt: sogum
    Butter: poto
    Ketchup: kechop
    Sugar: soltang
    Water (cold): chan mul
    Tea: cha
    Coffee: kopi
    Juice: chyusu
    Milk: uyu
    Beer: maekchu

IN TOWN
  • Post Office: ucheguk
    Stamp: upuo
    Public phone: gongjung chonhwa
    Telephone card: chonhwa kadu
    Bank: ǔnhaeng
    Pharmacy: yakkuk
    Toilet: hwajangshil
    Hospital: pyongwon
    How much does it cost?: nomu pissayo
    That’s too expensive: bosu
    Can I have a discount?: chim ssage juseyo