Basic Vocab and Conversation 🗣

I posted two pictures so that you guys could see it better (and yes it is the same picture as my last blog, but this time you can see things more clearly.) Anyways, here are some key vocab:

“반가워요!” - Nice to meet you!
“고마워요” - Thank you!
Another way to say “Thank you” is “감사합니다” Either one is fine but “고마워요” is mostly used between friends or someone you know really well.
 Now,  “대단히 감사합니다” means, “Thank                                                                                              you very much!”
   

Korean doesn’t really have a “You are welcome” unlike English, so most people would respond to ‘thank you’ or “고마워요” by saying “아니에요” meaning “No! It’s alright!” the same as ‘no problem.’ People can also say “천만에요” which means ‘no problem,’ but “아니에요” is most commonly used.

Goodbye can also be said in many ways:
“안녕히 기세요” - “Formal Goodbye”
“잘라” - “Casual Goodbye” and “잘있어” is also ‘Goodbye’ but in a more respectful manner.

Quick Storytime: I went to a bakery nearby recently with my parents. We ordered our food and sat down at our table and I noticed that one of the employees there spoke Korean. I guessed he was relatively new because he looked really nervous and messed up some of the orders. I felt really bad because he was yelled at in the back by one of the managers. Anyways, our food arrived and the same employee was trying to find our table number. So I quickly said, “여기요” (over here please)  and his head snapped so fast to our direction. I could tell that he was surprised to see me say that because he didn’t expect it because he pointed at himself. I nodded my head yes and he came over with our order. I thanked him by saying “감사합니다” (Thank you) and he starts speaking Korean really fast. I could understand some parts because he asked me how I knew Korean. I replied saying “조금이요” (a little bit) because sadly I am not completely fluent in it :( (I’m not giving up) He complimented my accent and thought that I was a native speaker and says “대박” (amazing). I was literally so happy because I worked really hard and practiced a lot. So yeah!! I was really happy and I told him that he shouldn’t worry too much about learning English and that after a while he will get used to it. He said the same to me and that he’s happy that I’m learning his home language. This experience helped me learn a lot. It feels really different when you are speaking to a native speaker about any language and I usually get nervous but this time I didn’t!! So yay me :)). Ok back to learning sorry ;)

Last but not least, the most helpful phrases at least to me are:
“영어 하세요” - “Do you speak English” (lol)
You can also be more polite and say, “실례하지만 영어 하세요” - “Excuse me, but do you speak English?”
This phrase will help me a lot in the future and I’m so glad I learned it!
When you ask that question, people are most likely to say either one of the following:
“조금이요” - “Just a little”    or
"아니 못해요” - “No I don’t”

Okayyy so these are all the vocab and basic phrases I learned. I also got to use them in real life which I am very grateful for! Tomorrow I will talk more about how to tell time in Korean because I also learned how to do that. Good night guys! 사랑해! 안녕!