Useful Korean Phrases For Tourists Staying In Seoul To Search For Bae Young-Joon

A good friend, together with her fellow Winter Sonata fans, is returning to Korea and to visit Nami Island, do some serious shopping in Myeong-dong, and roam the rest of Seoul in search for Bae Young-Joon.


So, I thought of preparing a list of Korean phrases that I expect they would need while navigating the city corners and find themselves talking to somebody who could not speak English.


I haven't even opened my old Korean textbook in years since I dropped out of my Korean classes due to boredom. Ha-ha-ha! So, I hope the list I came up with would rescue them from tight language-barrier situations. Ha-ha-ha! 

ENGLISH	KOREAN
Hello / Good-bye	An-nyeong haseyo. (formal)
Hello / good-bye (to friends or pets)	An-nyeong. (informal)
I am Cielo.	Cho-noon Cielo im-nida.
I am from the Philippines.	Cho-noon peeleepeen saram im-nida.
What is your name?	You ee-reum? (with index finger pointed to the person being asked)
Where is the toilet?	Hwa-jang-shil  ode-yeyo?
toilet	Hwa-jang-shil
Where is Bae Young Joon?	Bae Young Joon ode-yeyo?
Where is the Seoul Station?	Seo-ul yeok ode-yeyo?
station	yeok
Are you going to Seoul Station	Seo-ul yeok ka-yo?
Incheon Airport bus	In-cheon kong-hang bas-seu
Taxi	Tek-shi
Wait!	Chang-ka man-yo!
It’s okay.	Kwan-cha na-yo.
Are you okay?	Kwan-cha na-yo?
I don’t speak freakin’ Korean.	Han-guk mal chal mo-teyo.
How much?	Ool-ma-e-yo?
Give me (blank).	(Blank) choo-seyo.
Give me water, please	Mool choo-seyo.
Coffee, please.	Koh-pee choo-seyo.
Give me discount and I will buy everything in your store.	Chom-kak-ka choo-seyo.
This is freakin’ expensive.	Bee-ssa-yo.

And this one I picked up from the Internet:

NUMBERS:

·         1 = 하나 = Han

·         2 = 둘 (dhul)

·         3 = 셋 (seht)(t is almost silent)

·         4 = 넷 (neh) nett (t is almost silent)

·         5 = 다섯 (DA-seot)(t is silent)

·         6 = 여섯 (Yeo-seot)(t is silent)

·         7 = 일곱 (il-gop)

·         8 = 여덟 (YUH-deol)

·         9 = 아홉(AH-hop) (say as one syllable)

·         10 =열 (yeol)

                         (My dusty Korean text books)