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Saturday, June 23, 2012


Made this survival guide for a sister's friend who is going on an exchange programme in Korea. The guide has some basic korean sentences (with romanisation) that my sister and I think would be essential when visiting Korea.  And I'm going to share some here!! ^^;; 

BASIC GREETINGS 
Hello:
안녕하세요 / an-nyeong-ha-sae-yo

I am from __. :
저는 __(country you are from) 사람이에요 / jeo-neun __ sa-ram-ee-ae-yo

Thank you:
감사합니다 (*감사해요) / kam-sa-ham-ni-da (kam-sa-hae-yo)

Thank you:
고맙습니다 (*고마워요) / go-mab-seum-ni-da (go-ma-wo-yo)

Sorry:
죄송합니다 (*죄송해요) / jui-song-ham-ni-da (jui-song-hae-yo)

Yes:
네 / nae 

WHEN BUYING SOMETHING
What is this?:
이 것은 뭐예요? / ee geo-seun mueo-ye-yo

How much is this?:
이 것은 얼마예요? / ee geo-seun eol-ma-ye-yo

It's expensive:
비싸요 / bi-ssa-yo

Please give me a discount:
깎아주세요 / gga-gga-ju-sae-yo

How much is everything?:
모두 얼마예요? / mo-du-eol-ma-ye-yo 

DIRECTIONS
How do you go to __(place you wanna go)? :
___(place you wanna go) 어떻게 가요?  /  __ eo-ddeo-kae ga-yo

Where is the subway station?:
지하철 역 어디예요? / ji-ha-cheol-yeok eo-di-ye-yo

Is it near?:
가까워요? / ga-gga-wo-yo

Is it far?:
멀어요? / meo-leo-yo

I lost my way.:
길을 잃어버렸어요 / gi-reul ee-leo-beo-lyeo-sseo-yo 

WHEN ORDERING FOOD
Excuse me! (Use when trying to get attention of waiter/waitress):
저기요! / jeo-gi-yo

Please give me __ (no. of serving) of __ (food you want).:
___ (food you want) , ___(no. of serving) 인분 주세요 / ___ , ___in-bun ju-sae-yo

Please give me a glass of water:
물 좀 주세요 / mool-jom-ju-sae-yo

Please give me more side dishes:
반찬 좀 주세요 / ban-chan-jom-ju-sae-yo

MISC
Where is the washroom?:
화장실 어디예요? / hwa-jang-sil eo-di-ye-yo

I don't understand:
이해 안돼요 / ee-hae an-dwae-yo

Can you speak English?:
영어를 할 수 있어요? / yeong-eo-reul hal-su ee-sseo-yo

*a less formal but still polite way of saying

And of course, some most basic replies that you will get if you ask something,

COMMON REPLIES
Yes, there is:
있어요 / ee-sseo-yo
(This has different meanings but if you are asking if they have a certain thing and they reply you ee-sseo-yo, that means they have it)

No, there isn't:
없어요 / eob-sseo-yo 
(This has different meanings but if you are asking if they have a certain thing and they reply you eob-sseo-yo, that means they don't have it)

I don't know:
몰라요 / mol-la-yo


**This is free
서비스예요 / seo-bi-seu-ye-yo
(서비스 = service. Instead of telling you that they are giving you something for free, they tell you it's a service. You'll hear this a lot when you buy cosmetic products in Korea!)

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My very own korea survival guide! Muahahah. I hope it will be useful to whoever who comes across this. 

p/s: please don't repost this anywhereeeee, thank you :) 

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