🇰🇷 Korean Greetings & Basics
The polite essentials — hello, thank you, sorry. Twelve phrases that set the tone of every conversation you'll ever have. Read them below — then actually say them: recognising a phrase and producing it out loud are different skills, and only one helps you in the moment.
| English | Korean | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| Hello | 안녕하세요 | annyeonghaseyo |
| Good morning | 좋은 아침입니다 | joeun achimimnida |
| Good evening | 안녕하세요 (저녁) | annyeonghaseyo |
| Goodbye | 안녕히 가세요 | annyeonghi gaseyo |
| Please | 부탁합니다 | butakhamnida |
| Thank you | 감사합니다 | gamsahamnida |
| You're welcome | 천만에요 | cheonmaneyo |
| Yes | 네 | ne |
| No | 아니요 | aniyo |
| Excuse me | 실례합니다 | sillyehamnida |
| I'm sorry | 죄송합니다 | joesonghamnida |
| How are you? | 잘 지내세요? | jal jinaeseyo? |
How to make these stick
- Say each phrase out loud three times — your mouth learns separately from your eyes.
- Rehearse the scene: imagine the café or the street corner and act out both sides.
- Then use them in a real conversation — Yap gives you a 30-second spoken role-play with an AI tutor that responds, corrects gently, and never judges.
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