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Essential Korean Phrases

해요 - haeyo | does

환영해요 - hwan-yeonghaeyo | welcome

부탁합니다 - butaghabnid | please (polite)

미안해요 - mianhaeyo | sorry

오케이 - okei | okay

고마워요 - gomawoyo | thanks

합시다! - habsida | let's do it!

건배! - geonbae | cheers!

어떻게 - eotteohge | how

지내요 - jinaeyo | lives (goes through life)

요즘 - yojeum | recently; nowadays

요즘 어떻게 지내요? - yojeum eotteohge jinaeyo? | how are you doing?

나 - na | I

당신 - dangsin | you (singular)

정말 - jeongmal | very; really; just

잘 - jal | well

~은 (~는) - eun/neun | topic particle

나는 정말 잘 지내요 - naneun jeongmal jal jinaeyo | I'm very well

뭐 (무슨) - mwo (museun) | what

이름 - ileum | name

내 - nae | my

당신의 - dangsin-ui | your

~이에요 (~예요) - iyeyo/ yeyo | am; is; are

당신의 이름은 뭐예요? - dangsin-ui ileum-eun mwoyeyo | what's your name?

내 이름은 ~예요 - nae ileumeun__yeyo | my name is ...

무슨 일이에요? - museun il-ieyo | what's up?

나중에 - najunge | later

봐요 - bwayo | sees; looks; watches

나중에 봐요 - najung-e bwayo | see you later

나쁜 - nappeun | bad

좋은 - joh-eun | good; nice; fine

아침 - achim | morning

좋은 아침이에요 - joh-eun achim-ieyo |good morning

밤 - bam | night

보내요 - bonaeyo | spends (time)

좋은 밤 보내요 - joh-eun bam bonaeyo | good night

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