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Greetings



There are three basic ways to greet someone in Korean, depending on what degree of politeness and/or formality the situation requires :


1)
안녕?
An-nyeong?
Very casual – not used among adults
2)
안녕하세요?
An-nyeong-ha-se-yo?
Honorific
3)
안녕하십니까?
An-nyeong-ha-sim-ni-kka?
Honorific, formal

                                                                                 

1) Generally, you should use the honorific form:

Jack    : 안녕하세요?
              An-nyeong-ha-se-yo?
Olivia :  안녕하세요?
              An-nyeong-ha-se-yo?


2) However, when a student greets a teacher, the formal expression can be
     used:

Student   : 선생님,1 안녕하십니까?
       Seon-saeng-nim, an-nyeong-ha-sim-ni-kka?
Teacher   : 안녕하세요?
        An-nyeong-ha-se-yo?


3) And when two young people bump into each other on the street, they can
    just say 안녕? (An-nyeong?). Or they might say:

Amanda  : Susan,1 어디 가니?
       Susan, eo-di ga-ni? (Susan, are you going somewhere?)
Susan       : , 어디 .
       Eung, eo-di ga. (Yeah, I am. Lit. I am going somewhere.)


Note 1: The student addresses the teacher by the title ‘선생님 (Seon-saengnim)’,
which is respectful. On the other hand, Amanda just addresses her close friend by name. (There will be more on titles later).

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