Greetings / Introductions

Question 1

안녕

Answer 1

Hello; Goodbye (to close friends the same age as you or younger).

Question 2

안녕하세요

Answer 2

Hello (to anyone else).

Question 3

안녕히 가세요

Answer 3

“Go in peace”; Goodbye (to someone going somewhere).

Question 4

안녕히 게세요

Answer 4

“Stay in peace”; Goodbye (to someone staying).

Question 5

저는 …이에요 / 예요

Answer 5

“I am…”

이에요 comes after a consonant.
예요 comes after a vowel.

Question 6

반가워요

Answer 6

“Nice to meet you”; “Nice to see you” (to people who look to be a similar age as you or younger, in casual situations).

Used either when you meet someone for the first time, or when you see someone after not seeing them for a long time.

Question 7

반갑습니다

Answer 7

“Nice to meet you”; “Nice to see you” (to anyone else, in any other situation).

Used either when you meet someone for the first time, or when you see someone after not seeing them for a long time.

Question 8

네, 반갑습니다

Answer 8

“Nice to meet you too”; “Nice to see you too” (to reply back to anyone else, in any other situation).

Question 9

만나서

Answer 9

“To meet”

Sometimes 만나서 is used before 반가워요 or 반갑습니다, which is completely optional.

It’s added when meeting someone for the first time.

Question 10

처음 뵙겠습니다

Answer 10

“Nice to meet you” (A very formal phrase that is not commonly used)

Question 11

제 이름은

Answer 11

“My name is…”