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Korean Street talk Phrases
Swear words, slang, colorful expressions. 12+ essential phrases with phonetic pronunciation and 6 full conversation flows for street talk situations in South Korea.
Start learning freeEssential Street talk Phrases in Korean
Sorted by usefulness. Phonetic pronunciation included.
์จ๋ฐ
shee-bahl
F*ck (very vulgar)
ใ ใ ใ
kuh-kuh-kuh
Hahaha (text laughter)
ํ
huhl
OMG / No way (surprise)
๋ฏธ์น
mee-chin
Crazy / Insane (common)
์์ฃผ ํ ๋ณ
soh-joo hahn byuhng
One bottle of soju
๊ฐ์๋ผ
geh-seh-kkee
Son of a b*tch (very vulgar)
์ ํ์ ํ์
sool hahn-jahn hah-jah
Let's go for a drink
์์ท
wohn-shaht
Bottoms up! / Down it!
์ ์ฅ
jen-jahng
Damn / Crap (moderate)
์ทจํ์ด
chwee-hah-ssuh
I'm drunk
์์ฃผ
ahn-joo
Drinking snacks / Bar food
๋ฅ์ณ
dahk-chyuh
Shut up (vulgar)
...and 89 more street talk phrases in the app.
Sample: Chatting with people on the street
A real street talk conversation in Korean -- both sides of the interaction.
Them
Someone starts talking to you
์ด๋์์ ์์ด์?
uh-dee ay-soh wehs-oh-oo
Where are you from?
You
ํ๋์ค์์ ์์ด์! ํ๋์ค ์์ธ์
puh-rahng-suh ay-soh wehs-oh-oo puh-rahng-suh ah-say-oo
I'm from France! Do you know France?
Them
They know Paris
๋ค! ํ๋ฆฌ! ํํ
neh pah-ree hah-hah
Yes! Paris! (laughs)
You
์ฌ๊ธฐ ์์์ด ํ๋์ค๋ณด๋ค ๋ ๋ง์์ด์
yuh-gee weem-seek-ee puh-rahng-suh boh-dah duh mah-shee-ssuh-yo
The food here is so much better than France!
Them
They're surprised you speak Korean
ํ๊ตญ์ด ํ ์ค ์์์?! ๋๋ฐ!
hahn-goo-guh hahl jwohl ahl-ah-oo deh-bahk
You speak Korean! That's great!
You
์กฐ๊ธ๋ง์ด์! ํ์ง๋ง ๋ ธ๋ ฅํ๊ณ ์์ด์
joh-gweem-mahn-ee-oo hah-jee-mahn noh-ryohk-hah-goh ee-ssuh-yo
Just a little! But I'm trying!
6 street talk conversations available in the app.
FAQ
What happens when they answer back at the street talk in South Korea?
That's the hard part -- and exactly what TalkThere prepares you for. Each of the 6 street talk conversations shows you the full back-and-forth: what you say, what they'll likely respond, and how to keep going. You won't freeze when they answer in Korean.
Is this enough to get by at a street talk in South Korea?
Yes. These are the 12+ phrases that actually come up in real street talk interactions -- not textbook phrases. Sorted by how often you'll need them, with pronunciation you can read at a glance.
Do I need to learn Korean script to use this?
No. Every Korean phrase has phonetic pronunciation written in plain English. You read it like English and say it out loud. The script is there for reference, but you don't need it.
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