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Korean Transport Phrases
Taxis, directions, getting around. 12+ essential phrases with phonetic pronunciation and 6 full conversation flows for transport situations in South Korea.
Start learning freeEssential Transport Phrases in Korean
Sorted by usefulness. Phonetic pronunciation included.
์ฌ๊ธฐ๋ก ๊ฐ ์ฃผ์ธ์
yuh-gee-roh gah joo-seh-yo
Please go here
์งํ์ฒ
jee-hah-chul
Subway
ํ์
tek-shee
Taxi
์ฌ๊ธฐ์ ์ธ์ ์ฃผ์ธ์
yuh-gee-suh seh-woh joo-seh-yo
Stop here please
์งํ์ฒ ์ญ
jee-hah-chul-yuk
Subway station
์ด๋์์?
uh-dee-yeh-yo
Where is it?
์ผ๋ง์์
ol-mah-yeh-yo
How much?
๊ณตํญ
gohng-hahng
Airport
ํฐ๋จธ๋ ์นด๋
tee-muh-nee kah-duh
T-money card (transit)
์ฌ๊ธฐ
yuh-gee
Here
์ผ๋ง๋ ๊ฑธ๋ ค์?
ol-mah-nah gul-lyuh-yo
How long does it take?
์ด๋
uh-dee
Where
...and 88 more transport phrases in the app.
Sample: Taking the bus in Seoul
A real transport conversation in Korean -- both sides of the interaction.
You
์ฃ์กํฉ๋๋ค, ์ด ๋ฒ์ค ์ฌ๊ธฐ ๊ฐ์?
jweh-sohng-hahm-nee-dah ee buh-suh yuh-gee gah-yo
Excuse me, does this bus go here?
Them
They confirm or point to another bus
๋ค, ๋ง์์
neh mah-jah-yo
Yes, that's right
You
ํฐ๋จธ๋ ์นด๋ ์์ด์
tee-muh-nee kah-duh ee-ssuh-yo
I have a T-money card
You
์ฌ๊ธฐ์ ๋ด๋ ค์, ์๋ ํ ๊ฐ์ธ์
yuh-gee-suh neh-ryuh-yo ahn-nyung-hee gah-seh-yo
I'm getting off here, goodbye
Them
The driver nods
๋ค, ์๋ ํ ๊ฐ์ธ์
neh ahn-nyung-hee gah-seh-yo
Yes, goodbye
You
๊ฐ์ฌํฉ๋๋ค
gahm-sah hahm-nee-dah
Thank you
6 transport conversations available in the app.
FAQ
What happens when they answer back at the transport in South Korea?
That's the hard part -- and exactly what TalkThere prepares you for. Each of the 6 transport 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 transport in South Korea?
Yes. These are the 12+ phrases that actually come up in real transport 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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