🇰🇷 Korean Small Talk & Introductions
Names, where you're from, and the magic words — 'more slowly, please'. The phrases that turn strangers into conversations. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| What's your name? | 이름이 뭐예요? | ireumi mwoyeyo? |
| My name is… | 제 이름은 …이에요 | je ireumeun …ieyo |
| Nice to meet you | 만나서 반가워요 | mannaseo bangawoyo |
| Where are you from? | 어디에서 왔어요? | eodieseo wasseoyo? |
| I'm from… | 저는 …에서 왔어요 | jeoneun …eseo wasseoyo |
| Do you speak English? | 영어 할 줄 아세요? | yeongeo hal jul aseyo? |
| I speak a little | 조금 할 수 있어요 | jogeum hal su isseoyo |
| I don't understand | 이해가 안 돼요 | ihaega an dwaeyo |
| Can you repeat that? | 다시 말해 주세요 | dasi malhae juseyo |
| More slowly, please | 천천히 말해 주세요 | cheoncheonhi malhae juseyo |
| What do you do? | 무슨 일 하세요? | museun il haseyo? |
| See you later! | 나중에 봐요! | najunge bwayo! |
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.
More Korean phrases
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