Greetings and Goodbyes 1.1

안녕

hello (casual)

안녕하세요

hello (polite)

안녕하십니까

hello (formal)

만나서 반가워

nice to meet you (casual)

만나서 반가워요

nice to meet you (polite)

만나서 반갑습니다

nice to meet you (formal)

좋은 아침/잘 잤어?

good morning (casual)

you can use either 좋은 아침 “good morning” or 잘 잤어? “did you sleep well?”

좋은아침이에요/잘 잤어요?

good morning (polite)

you can use either 좋은아침이에요 “good morning” or 잘 잤어요? “did you sleep well?”

잘 주무셨어요?/안녕히 주무셨어요?

good morning (formal)

you can use either 잘 주무셨어요? “good morning” or 안녕히 주무셨어요? “did you sleep well?”

좋은 하루 보내

have a nice day (casual)

좋은 하루 보내세요

have a nice day (polite)

좋은 하루 보내십시오

have a nice day (formal)

오랜만이야

long time no see (casual)

오랜만이에요

long time no see (casual)

잘 지냈어?

how are you? (casual)

잘 지냈어요?/어떻게 지냈어요?

how are you? (polite)

잘 지내셨어요?/어떻게 지내셨어요?

how are you? (formal)

무슨 일이야?

what’s up? (casual)

어서 와

welcome (casual)

어서 오세요

welcome (polite)

어서 오십시오

welcome (formal)

잘 있어

goodbye to someone staying (casual)

안녕히 계세요

goodbye to someone staying (polite)

안녕히 계십시오

goodbye to someone staying (formal)

잘 가

goodbye to someone leaving (casual)

안녕히 가세요

goodbye to someone leaving (polite)

안녕히 가십시오

goodbye to someone leaving (formal)

잘 들어가

goodbye to someone going home (casual)

잘 들어가세요

goodbye to someone going home (polite)

조심히

carefully (adv.)

조심히 가세요

good bye, be safe. (polite)

(literal: “carefully go”)

조심히 들어가세요

get home safely. (polite)

(literal: “enter carefully”)

또 봐요

“see ya” or “see you later”.

(literal: “see you again”)

나중에 또 봐요

see you later.

(literal: “see you again later”)

다음에 또 봐요

see you next time.

(literal: “see you agian next time”)

잘 자

good night (casual)

(literal: “sleep well”)

잘 자요

good night (polite)

(literal: “sleep well”)

안녕히 주무세요

good night (formal)

(literal: “sleep well”)

굿밤

good night (slang)

*mostly seen in text/social platforms

굿나잇

good night (slang)

*mostly seen in text/social platforms

꿀잠

sweet dreams (slang)

*mostly seen in text/social platforms