Korean - Greetings

Greeting - Insa(Een-sah) 인사

• Hello
• Good morning
• Good afternoon
• Good evening
• How are you?
• How do u do?

All of these greetings are incorporated in single Korean

expression:

Annyong haseyo (Ahn-n' yohng hah-say-yoh) 안녕하세요

This universal greeting literally means " Are you at peace?"

A reply tp these greetings, in all cases, may be a repetition

of the above phrase preceded by ne (naay) 예, which means

"yes."

Ne, annyong haseyo

(Naay, ahn-n'nyohng hah-say-yoh) 안녕하세요

More formal versions of these greeting are:

Annyong hashimnikka? (Ahn-n'yohng hah-sheem-nee-

kah?) 안녕하십니까?

Ye, Annyong hashimnikka (Yay,Ahn-n'yohng hah-sheem-

nee-kah) 예,안녕하십니까

• Good morning, Mr. Wan

Wan Sonsaeng Nim, annyong hashimnikka? (Cho Sun-

sang Neem, ahn-n'yohng hah-sheem-nee-kah?) 완선생,

안녕하십니까?

• Hello, Miss shah

Shah Yang, annyong hashimnikka? (Serra Yahng, ahn-

n'yohng hah-sheem-nee-kah?) 샤 양, 안녕하십니까?

• Goodnight.

Annyong-hi chumuseyo* (Ahn-yohng-hee chee-muu-say-

yoh) 안녕히 주무세요

*The "yo" at the end of so many korean expressions,

including one-word quwstions or replies, functions as a

honorofic that makes them polite.