Korean for fun: Basics I -- Simple Phrases

Yes.

No.

It's okay. That's alright.

How are you? How do you do? [also in reply]

Good bye.

Thank you. [formal]

Thank you. [less formal]

I am sorry. [intense]

I am sorry. [less intense]

Korean for fun: Basics II -- Smart Phrases
The following phrases are complete sentences by themselves. However, you can also make
multiple sentences with them. All you have to do is put the word you want in front of the phrase.
For example:

+ =

k'uh-p'i chu-se-yo k'uh-p'i chu-se-yo

coffee give me "Give me coffee." " I'd like to have coffee, please."

Is there ...? Is ... there? Do you have ...? Have you got ...?
issuh-yo

There is ... ; I have ... ; ... is here

issuh-yo

Is there not ...? Is ... not there? Do you not have ...?
up-suh-yo

There is not ... ; ... is not here ; I don't have ...

up-suh-yo

Give me ...; I'd like ..., please.

chu-se-yo

Do you do ...? Do you speak ...?

hah-se-yo

I don't know ; I don't know ...

mol-lah-yo
Is it good? Do you like it? ; Is ... good? Do you like ...?

Cho-ah-yo
 It's good. I like it. Okay ; ... is good. I like ...
cho-ah-yo

Where is ...?
uh-dee-ye-yo

What is ...?
mwuh-ye-yo
Korean for fun: Number and money
1. numbers

il sahm sah oh yook ch'il pahl koo

ee
1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2

sahm- sah- yook- ch'il- pahl-

oh-ship koo-ship
ship ship ship ship
ee-ship ship 50 90
ship 30 40 60 70 80
20
10

sahm- sah- oh- yook- ch'il- pahl- koo-

ee-paek
paek paek paek paek paek paek paek
200
paek 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
100

ee- sahm- sah- oh- yook- ch'il- pahl- koo-

ch'on ch'on ch'on ch'on ch'on ch'on ch'on ch'on
ch'on 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000
1,000

ee- sahm- sah- oh- yook- ch'il- pahl- koo-

mahn mahn mahn mahn mahn mahn mahn mahn
mahn 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000
10,000

"100,000" is [ship-mahn].

As you can see, units change every four digits in Korea (and in many other Asian counturies), and
adding a comma every three digits ('1,000') is very western custom.

"14" is [ship-sah ]. -- 14 = 10+4.

Similarly, 143 is [paek-sah-ship-sahm ].

2. money in different forms

money
tohn
 the Korean monetary unit
won

credit card
k'ah-d

traveler's check
yo-haeng-jah soo-p'yoh

dollar
dahl-luh