Learn 16 Must Know Basic Korean Phrases for Beginners - Study Korean (Polite & Casual)

Hi guys! Today we're gonna be learning 16 basic Korean phrases that you must know if you're traveling to Korea or if you love K-drama or K-pop just like us. Shall we dive in? If you're ready to dive in, give me a what what! And let's dive in! Before we start, I want to tell you that in this video there are two different forms of speech that we're going to be covering. Polite and casual. Polite form of speech is used when you talk to a stranger. Let's say you don't know him and you talk to them and you want to be polite. Or you're talking to someone who's older than you to show respect. Like I am 20, he's 21. I want to make sure that I show respect. So that's when you use polite. And secondly, casual speech would be used And that friend's gotta be the same age as you. Yeah, it's a cultural thing. And also if you're talking to someone who's younger than you, let's say you're 20 and your friend is 19, you can also talk to them casually. And without further ado, shall we start? Basic phrase number one is hello. Formally, you can say Casually, you can say Basic phrase number two is goodbye. In Korean, there are two different ways to say goodbye. The first way is when they are leaving you. So you're saying, go well. Means peacefully. Means to go. Peacefully go. Now, casually, you can say Means to go. So I'm saying, well, go. Number three is goodbye when you're leaving. So they are gonna be the one that's staying behind, but you are leaving. So you're saying, stay well. Peacefully stay. In casual, say 잘 means well. 있어 comes from the verb 있다, which is to exist. In this case, you can use as stay. So 잘 있어, well stay. Fourth basic phrase is yes. You can just simply say So if somebody asks you, hey, do you like BTS? You go, yes. Casually, you can say Do you like iced americano? Do you like cappuccino? Number five is okay. This is a little bit different from yes, because okay needs a little bit more of understanding of the context. Maybe somebody's asking you to do the dishes and you're saying, okay. This comes from the verb 알다. This means to know. And you're saying Okay, mom, I'll do the dishes. Casually, simply get rid of My friend's gonna ask me, can you give me a ride to the airport? Number six is no. You can say with a little shake. Maybe your friend is asking, do you want to try the live octopus in Korea? And you're like Casually, simply get rid of Do you want to exercise tonight? Number seven is sounds good or good or cool. This one word means all of them. And if somebody asks you something and it's a good idea, you reply them back by saying Do you want to go watch a movie tonight? Do you want to go drink iced americano? Just like that, say Number eight is hello on the phone. There is no casual version of this, because when you pick up your phone, you know what to say. We say Number nine, I will eat well. This phrase will be used right before you eat your food. 잘 먹겠습니다. Yummy. Casually, just say 잘 먹을게. I ate well. This will be used after you're done eating the meal. So yummy. This can also mean thank you for the meal. Maybe somebody treated you out, and you want to say, hey, thank you so much for the meal. Casual. Say 잘 먹었어. Number 11, I am sorry. Formally, you can say Casual. Say Sometimes you can even drop the word and say Thank you. You probably know this one already. Say it with us. Casual. Just say 안녕. Number 13 is you're welcome. Honestly, in Korean, we don't really have that word, but I know something similar. We can say Let's say he says thank you. Say thank you. This means don't worry about it. No, don't mention it. Say it with us. Casually, just say Say it with us. Number 14 is it's okay. For example, And this is really interesting because this can be a question. You don't have to change a thing, but just put your tone up. Are you okay? Casually, you know the drill. Just drop the Number 15 is I don't know. You can say I'll ask him some questions. Isaac, do you know how to speak Japanese? What about Chinese? What about English? Hey, what are you gonna eat tonight? Where are we going this winter? Last one, number 16 is I know. You can say This comes from the verb which means to know. So you're just conjugating to present tense and say I'm gonna ask him a question. Do you know RM? Do you know Jimin? Casually, drop the All of the phrases came from this book, Speak Korean Anywhere. This includes about 280 practical Korean phrases that you can use every day. And if you're learning Korean, I highly recommend it. I'll leave the link in the description below. And as always, you got this!