Hello! Today, I'll teach you a few basic phrases you can use to introduce yourself in Korean.
The first phrase is 'Hello'.
You can say it in 3 different ways.
안녕하십니까?
Put question mark at the end because '안녕하십니까' literally means 'Are you in peace?
안 means 'Peace'. It also has Chinese origin.
You can also say
안녕하세요? or 안녕!
You may wonder what's the difference between these 3 phrases.
These 3 phrases mean exactly the same thing, but
depending on who you are talking to
You should use either 안녕하십니까?
which is a very formal way of greeting.
안녕하세요? which is the most commonly used and
안녕! which means 'Hi'.
You cannot use this phrase when talking to strangers.
Because it's very rude if you do so.
Usually Koreans say 안녕 to kids or to friends.
And since you have just started to learn Korean,
I suggest you to use 안녕하세요.
One more thing I want to talk about in this lesson is Romanization.
Romanization is the conversion of writing
from a different writing system to the Roman script.
These are a few examples of Romanization.
This is 'Hello' in Japanese.
This is 'Hello' in Russian.
in Hindi and in
Amharic language, which is the official language of Ethiopia.
Each of these scripts including Korean have widely accepted system of Romanization.
I personally actually don't like
Romanization system for korean language.
I will show you why.
Pause the video and try to guess how to read this Korean words.
These are 해외
현대
그것
To me, this commonly used Romanization system for Korean language is very confusing.
That's why I didn't use this in my previous lessons.
Because I think it could only discourage you more from learning Korean language
And my goal is to make the learning process as easy as possible.
So, instead I used this.
However, since you're learning Korean language
you probably should know about the most common Romanization system for Korean.
This is Romanization of vowels
And this is for Consonants.
Okay, now let's get back to our Self-introduction.
The next phrase is 제 이름은 (your name) 입니다.
제 is My
이름 is Name
은 and 입니다 don't have analogues in English.
We will talk about them in a couple of lessons.
Here is an example
제 이름은 Michael 입니다.
My name is Michael.
So, to answer a question about your name you first should know how the question sounds like, right?
To ask someone's name
you can use these phrases.
성함 is Name
어떻게 is How
and 되세요 is Become.
These two are both polite ways to ask someone's name.
But the second phrase is used when you are talking to or about someone who is quite older than you
or has a high position in society.
The next important information for Koreans might be your age.
You will often get asked how old you are.
In some cultures this question is considered to be very rude because it's too personal.
But the reason why Koreans need this information is because
they should know how to treat you. Like,
What level of politeness in speech they should use when talking to you.
So, don't get angry if you get this question in Korea a few times a day.
To say your age use native korean numbers.
I'm 12 would be
저는 12 (yo'l du) 살입니다.
Not 열둘 (yo'l dul)
Let me explain to you why.
살 is a word that is used to measure age.
Same as the word 'hours' that is used to measure time and so on.
There are like 15 measure words used in Korean language.
We will talk about them in the future lessons.
So, when numbers that end with 하나, 둘, 셋, or 넷
are followed by a measure word
the last letter drops.
Instead of 둘 say 두.
저는 12(열두) 살입니다.
or 저는 21 (스물한) 살입니다.
not 스물하나 살.
or 저는 33 (서른세) 살입니다.
Not 서른셋 살, okay?
And to ask someone's age you can use these phrases
[ myo'T ] 살이에요?
Not [ myo'CH ], okay?
This is 'patchim' that should be read as 'T' when followed by a consonant.
If you're new to this channel, you can learn about 'patchim' in the Lesson #5.
몇 is how many?
So this phrase literally means 'How many years do you have?'
Another phrase you can use is
나이가 어떻게 되세요?
This is a more polite and formal way to ask someone's age.
Use it when you talk to older people or
who have a high position in society.
Okay, the next useful phrase is to say
where you are from.
You can say this in two ways.
The first one is
저는
your country name
~에서 왔습니다.
~에서 is 'From' and 왔습니다 is 'Came'.
For example, 'I came from Peru' would be
저는 Peru에서 왔습니다.
or 'I came from Brazil' would be
저는 Brazil에서 왔습니다.
or 'I came from the United States' is
저는 미국(US)에서 왔습니다.
and 'I came from France' is
저는 France에서 왔습니다.
Another way you can say the same thing is
저는
a country name
사람
입니다.
사람 is a 'person'.
So 'I am a Peruvian' would be
저는 Peru사람입니다.
I'm a Brazilian is
저는 Brazil사람입니다.
I'm an American is
저는 미국 (U.S.) 사람입니다.
And 'I am a French' would be
저는 France사람입니다.
To ask 'Where are you from?' you can say
어디에서 왔어요? or
어디에서 오셨어요?
Both are polite but
this is more polite way to ask.
You can also say
어느 나라 사람이에요?
어느 is Which?
나라 is 'country'
and 사람 is 'person'.
The next phrase is used to say about your occupation.
If you go to school you can say
저는 [ 학생 ]입니다.
And if you're a university student
Then say 저는 [ 대학생 ]입니다.
대학생 is a university student.
And if you work for a company you can say
저는 [ 회사원 ]입니다.
or if you're a doctor
say 저는 [ 의사 ]입니다.
And the last phrase is 'I'm learning Korean'.
저는 한국어를 공부합니다.
한국어 is Korean
and ~를 is
the Accusative case marker.
We will talk about these three things in the future lessons.
Before wrapping up the lesson
there is one more thing I want to teach you
If you want to say, like
'I'm, learning Spanish language', for example. Then
use a country name and 어
Spanish would be
스페인어
French is
프랑스어
and Russian is
러시아어
So, 'I'm learning Spanish' is
저는 스페인어를 공부합니다.
'I'm learning French' would be
저는 프랑스어를 공부합니다.
And 'I am learning Russian' would be
저는 러시아어를 공부합니다.
Okay, that's all for today.
And this is the list of words we used in this lesson.
Try to learn them.
And if you have any questions, you can leave them in the comment section.