Learn some Korean phone manners
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| Introduction |
| Becky: On the phone. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand basic phone vocabulary in Korean. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the formal way to say 'Hello’ when answering the phone in Korean. |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 여보세요(yeoboseyo) |
| Becky: The most common expression used in Korea while picking up the phone is 'Hello’. |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 여보세요 [Slow] 여보세요 (yeoboseyo) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal expression meaning 'Hello' |
| Kyejin: [Slow] 여보세요 [Normal] 여보세요 |
| Becky: Ok, now let's see the formal way to say 'This is Kim Minjun.' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 김민준입니다.(Kim Minjunimnida.) |
| Becky: First is the person’s name 'Kim Minjun' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 김민준 [Slow] 김민준 (kim minjun) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'is, am, are' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 입니다 [Slow] 입니다(imnida) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'This is Kim Minjun.' |
| Kyejin: [Slow] 김민준입니다. [Normal] 김민준입니다. |
| Becky: Following is the formal way to say 'Is Amy home?' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 에이미 집에 있습니까?(eimi jibe itsseumnikka?) |
| Becky: First is the person’s name 'Amy' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 에이미 [Slow] 에이미(eimi) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'home' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 집 [Slow] 집(jip) |
| Becky: Then comes the word meaning 'at, in, on' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 에 [Slow] 에(e) |
| Becky: And last is the word meaning 'is, am, are' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 있습니까 [Slow] 있습니까(itsseumnikka) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Is Amy home?' |
| Kyejin: [Slow] 에이미 집에 있습니까? [Normal] 에이미 집에 있습니까? |
| Becky: Finally, let’s go over the formal way to say 'I'll call again later.' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 나중에 다시 전화하겠습니다.(najunge dasi jeonhwahagetsseumnida.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'later' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 나중에 [Slow] 나중에(najunge) |
| Becky: Then comes the word meaning 'again' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 다시 [Slow] 다시(dasi) |
| Becky: And last is the phrase meaning 'I will call' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 전화하겠습니다 [Slow] 전화하겠습니다(jeonhwahagetsseumnida) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal sentence meaning 'I'll call again later.' |
| Kyejin: [Slow] 나중에 다시 전화하겠습니다. [Normal] 나중에 다시 전화하겠습니다. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Kyejin: 여보세요(yeoboseyo.) is the greeting used in telephone conversations. As for ending a phone conversation, it is not typical in Korean to say “goodbye”. Instead, they will say something like 네, 알겠어요.(ne, algesseoyo.) or 알겠습니다.(algetsseumnida.) meaning "Okay." or "All right." |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in another series. Thanks for listening, bye! |
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