TTMIK Level 1 Lesson 3
TTMIK Level 1 Lesson 3
After listening to this lesson, you will be able to say good-bye in Korean.
Do you remember how to say \u201cHello.\u201d in Korean?
\uc548\ub155\ud558\uc138\uc694. [an-nyeong-ha-se-yo]
If you remember \uc548\ub155\ud558\uc138\uc694, that is fantastic. And if you even remember that \u201c\uc548\ub155\u201d in \uc548\ub155\ud558\uc138\uc694 means \u201cpeace\u201d and \u201cwell-being\u201d, that is even more fantastic.
\uc548\ub155 [an-nyeong] = well-being, peace, health
And in Korean, when you say \u201cGood-bye\u201d in formal/polite Korean, \uc874\ub313\ub9d0 [jondaetmal], there are two types of expressions, and both of these expressions have the word \uc548\ub155 [an-nyeong] in them.
One is when you are the one who is leaving.
And the other is when you are the one who is staying.
If you are leaving, and the other person is (or the other people are) staying, you can say:
\uc548\ub155\ud788 \uacc4\uc138\uc694. [an-nyeong-hi gye-se-yo]
If you are staying, an the other person is (or the other people are) leaving, you can say:
\uc548\ub155\ud788 \uac00\uc138\uc694. [an-nyeong-hi ga-se-yo]
For now, don\u2019t worry about the literary meaning of the expressinos and just learn them as they are, but if you are really curious and if we were forced to translate these greetings, they would be translated like this.
\uc548\ub155\ud788 \uacc4\uc138\uc694. = Stay in peace.
\uc548\ub155\ud788 \uac00\uc138\uc694. = Go in peace.
But again, don\u2019t worry about the literal meaning of these greetings JUST YET!
** One tip Hyunwoo would like to give you:
When Korean people say \uc548\ub155\ud558\uc138\uc694 [an-nyeong-ha-se-yo], \uc548\ub155\ud788 \uacc4\uc138\uc694 [an-nyeong-hi gye-se-yo] or \uc548\ub155\ud788 \uac00\uc138\uc694 [an-nyeong-hi ga-se-yo], they don\u2019t always pronounce EVERY single letter clearly. So often times, what you would hear is just the ending part, \u201c\uc138\uc694\u201d [se-yo].
So you can deliberately sound more fluent by just saying \uc138\uc694 [se-yo] for all of these occasions.
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