Do you often say 안녕 at the end of the conversation on the phone?
Because what i’ve seen on the tv and i think i read it somewhere is that you kind of say something like yeee…….. yeeee…… with rising intonation. LOL
Well, i don’t know how to explain it or write it Lol.
But it’s something really weird to me, like i won’t know when the conversation is over ㅋㅋㅋ
do you understand what i mean? lol

Is the word for “no” just the negative version of imnida (in a different politeness level)? That’s what it sounds like to me. If not, what is the difference?

John, thank you for pointing that out to us! We’ll get that fixed right away

Carl - “no” is 아니 (ani). This is the negative copula in the intimate politeness level.

Jacqueline and Daniel - you’re both very observant! A lot of Koreans tend to not say “bye” when on the phone. Many people say “응…” “네…” (with that rising intonation of course) and hang up.

That’s what I discovered with my Irish friends. They never say “bye” but always say “yup” “uhhuh” “alright” “ok.” (of course this is a generalization!). But many Koreans do the same thing

하하.. 비누 누나~

맞아요! “여보”는 사실 부부들 사이에 ‘Darling’ ‘Sweetheart’라고 부를 때 쓰는 말이기 때문에 ^^ ‘여보세요?’가 마치 ‘여보이십니까?’ 처럼 들리죠~ 하지만 사실 ‘여보세요’는 ‘여기 보세요’ 에서 온 말이기 때문에 ^^ ‘여보’는 아니에요~~ ㅎ

(Right! ‘여보’ is actually used between couples to call each other like the English expressions like “Darling” or “Sweetheart”, so it sounds as if you’re asking if the other person is your ’sweetheart’, but it actually comes from ‘여기 보세요’ (=Look here) , so it’s not 여보

그래도 비슷한 것은 사실이에요 ^^ But it is still quite similar.

그래서 많은 사람들이 그것으로 농담을 해요. So a lot of people tell jokes using it.

현우☆
여보는‘Darling’‘Sweetheart’에요^^?
하긴 제 친구도 남편님을 「ダーリン（Darling）」라고 해요.‘여보세요’는 ‘여기 보세요’ 에서 온 말이라고 처음에 알았어요.진짜 고마워요

현우^^
우와 재미있네요.기분 나쁠 때 이봐요.” “여봐요”라고 할 수 있어요
이거도 처음 알랐어요.아..전 기분 나쁘지 않은 때도 한번“이봐요.”“여봐요”라고 말해 보고 싶어요~~~.멋져요~~~

은혜,

Hi again

to answer your question, -예요 (ex> 저예요, 은혜예요, 학생이에요, and etc.) is more polite than 야 or 이야, so BASICALLY you can’t combine them in one set of formality.

To take “It’s me” for an example,

the most polite would be “저입니다.”
the second most polite = “저예요.”
and informal would be = “나야.”

I hope this helps!
:D

I am so glad i am at lesson 11~! am gg so slow. hahah and yes i agree with Eun He that Keith & Seol narration is very plsing to my ears too. Whenever work is a little overwhelming, i listen to KR101 lesson to destress. It’s really interesting how simple convesation and simple example to explain the hangul meaning, make my day.

Keep it up. I am lovin KR 101. Yipee~

은혜, 링링… 고마워요! Thank you for the nice compliments We’re always glad to have people learning with us, and we’re excited to have you along with us

은혜 actually, we do have French and German. They started a few weeks ago!

www.frenchpod101.com
www.germanpod101.com

링링 - Seol has a beautiful voice doesn’t she? She’s pleasing to my ears too. haha

or.. are they different people? like an extra commenter/co-host?

Don’t worry Matinga The comments were not necessarily about the grammar points of this lesson, so don’t worry ^^!! hehe.

헤헤

지금도 잘 하고 있어요~~
You’re already doing a good job!

화이팅!^^
Way to go!

제임스

If I want to be very polite and honorific to you and want to ask that question I can say “제임스 씨 계세요?”

but if I want to be a bit less formal, I can say “제임스 있어요?” ^^