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Korean Social Phrases
Greetings, introductions, politeness. 12+ essential phrases with phonetic pronunciation and 12 full conversation flows for social situations in South Korea.
Start learning freeEssential Social Phrases in Korean
Sorted by usefulness. Phonetic pronunciation included.
์๋ ํ์ธ์
ahn-nyung-hah-seh-yo
Hello (polite)
๊ฐ์ฌํฉ๋๋ค
gahm-sah-hahm-nee-dah
Thank you (formal)
๋ค
neh
Yes
์๋์
ah-nee-yo
No
์ผ
eel
One (1) โ sino-Korean
์ด
ee
Two (2) โ sino-Korean
์ผ
sahm
Three (3) โ sino-Korean
์ฃ์กํฉ๋๋ค
jweh-sohng-hahm-nee-dah
I'm sorry / Excuse me (formal)
์ฌ
sah
Four (4) โ sino-Korean
์ค
oh
Five (5) โ sino-Korean
์ญ
ship
Ten (10) โ sino-Korean
ํ๋
hah-nah
One (1) โ native Korean
...and 224 more social phrases in the app.
Sample: What should I do here?
A real social conversation in Korean -- both sides of the interaction.
You
์ฌ๊ธฐ์ ๋ญ ํ๋ฉด ์ข์์
yuh-gee-suh mwuh hah-myohn joh-ah-yo
What should I do here?
Them
They recommend a place
๊ฒฝ๋ณต๊ถ ๊ฐ ๋ดค์ด์?
gyohng-bohk-gwohng gah bwehs-oh-oo
Have you been to Gyeongbokgung?
You
์์ง์ด์! ์ข์์
ah-jeek-ee-oo joh-ah-yo
Not yet! Is it good?
Them
It's the best! Go in the evening
์ต๊ณ ์์! ์ ๋ ์ ๊ฐ์ธ์!
chwee-goh-yay-oo joh-nyohk-ay gah-seh-yo
It's the best! Go in the evening!
You
์ ์ ๋ง ์ข๊ฒ ๋ค! ๋ ๋ญ ์์ด์
weh johng-mahl johh-gays-dah ttoh mwuh ee-ssuh-yo
Oh, that sounds amazing! What else?
Them
They recommend an activity
ํ๋ณต ์ ์ด ๋ด์! ๋๋ฌด ์ฌ๋ฐ์ด์
hahn-bohk eep-oh bweh-oo nuh-moo jeh-mees-oh-oo
Try wearing a hanbok! It's so fun!
12 social conversations available in the app.
FAQ
What happens when they answer back at the social in South Korea?
That's the hard part -- and exactly what TalkThere prepares you for. Each of the 12 social 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 social in South Korea?
Yes. These are the 12+ phrases that actually come up in real social 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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