Korean Lesson part I

Today I will publish about Korean Lesson. i'm sorry since i forget where i found this. i'm not the one who make this lesson. just wanna help you by re-share it on my blog. :)


LEVEL 1 LESSON 1
안녕하세요.[an-nyeong] [ha-se-yo] = Hello. / Hi. / How are you? / Good afternoon. / Good evening. /




안녕[an-nyeong]= well-being, peace, health
하세요 [ha-se-yo]= you do, do you?, please do


안녕하세요 is the most common way of greeting someone in Korean, and 안녕하세요 is in 존댓말 [jondaetmal], polite/formal language. When someone greets you with 안녕하세요, you can simply greet the person back with 안녕하세요.


Sample Conversation
A: 안녕하세요. [annyeong-haseyo] = Hello.
B: 안녕하세요. [annyeong-haseyo] = Hi.


감사합니다.[gam-sa] [hap-ni-da] = Thank you.


감사 [gam-sa] = appreciation, thankfulness, gratitude
합니다 [hap-ni-da] = I do, I am doing


LEVEL 1 LESSON 2
In Korean, “Yes” is 네 [ne] and “No” is 아니요 [aniyo] in 존댓말 [jondaetmal], polite language.


네. [ne] = Yes.
아니요. [aniyo] = No.


But in Korean, when people say “네”, it is not the same as saying “Yes.” in English. The same goes for “아니요” too. This is because the Korean “네” expresses your “agreement” to what the other person said. And “아니요” expresses your “disagreement” or “denial” to what the other person said.


네. [ne] = That’s right. / I agree. / Sounds good. / What you said is correct.
아니요. [aniyo] = That’s not right. / I don’t agree. / What you said is not correct.


Sample sentences:
커피 좋아해요? [keo-pi jo-a-hae-yo?] = Do you like coffee?
네. 좋아해요. [ne. jo-a-hae-yo] = Yes, I like coffee.


커피 좋아해요? [keo-pi jo-a-hae-yo?] = Do you like coffee?
아니요. 안 좋아해요. [aniyo. an jo-a-hae-yo] = No, I don’t like coffee.


커피 안 좋아해요? [keo-pi an jo-a-hae-yo?] = You don’t like coffee?
아니요. 좋아해요. [aniyo. jo-a-hae-yo] = Yes, I like coffee.


커피 안 좋아해요? [keo-pi an jo-a-hae-yo?] = You don’t like coffee?
네. 안 좋아해요. [ne. an jo-a-hae-yo] = No, I don’t like coffee.


Because 네 [ne] and 아니요 [aniyo] are focused more on your agreement and disagreement rather than whether something is true or not, and ALSO because 네 can mean “I see.” or “Ah-ha.” as well, Korean people often add this expression, 맞아요 [ma-ja-yo] after 네 [ne].


네, 맞아요. [ne, ma-ja-yo] = Yes, that’s right.


LEVEL 1 LESSON 3
in Korean, when you say “Good-bye” in formal/polite Korean, 존댓말 [jondaetmal], there are two types of expressions, and both of these expressions have the word 안녕 [an-nyeong] in them.


One is when you are the one who is leaving.
And the other is when you are the one who is staying.


If you are leaving, and the other person is (or the other people are) staying, you can say: 안녕히 계세요. [an-nyeong-hi gye-se-yo] / literal meaning = Stay in peace.


If you are staying, an the other person is (or the other people are) leaving, you can say: 안녕히 가세요. [an-nyeong-hi ga-se-yo] literal meaning = Go in peace.


NOTE: When Korean people say 안녕하세요 [an-nyeong-ha-se-yo], 안녕히 계세요 [an-nyeong-hi gye-se-yo] or 안녕히 가세요 [an-nyeong-hi ga-se-yo], they don’t always pronounce EVERY single letter clearly. So often times, what you would hear is just the ending part, “세요” [se-yo].
So you can deliberately sound more fluent by just saying 세요 [se-yo] for all of these occasions.