hello

10:54 Jun 27, 2000

English to Korean translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: hello

when you want to say hi????

nikki

Summary of answers provided

안녕하세요

idotni

안녕/안녕하세요/안녕하십니까

Miriam Yi

Answers

1 day 7 hrs

안녕하세요

Explanation:
It is pronounced "an nyoung ha se yo" (five sylables)

idotni

17 days

안녕/안녕하세요/안녕하십니까

Explanation:
We have three froms to say hi!
1. 안녕/annyong/ is an informal form of "hi!" to a close friend or a person at lower age ie. You are talking to kids.
2. 안녕하세요/annyonghaseyo/ is also an informal "hi!" but can be used when you talk to a person at your age or older than you or someone who is not so close as to say just "안녕".

3. 안녕하십니까/annyonhashimnigga/ is often used as "how do you do?" as well even if it is from the same verb stem as the others. This is very formal and as you can use it when you want to say "hi!" to your client or someone you need to show extreme politeness.

Miriam Yi
Local time: 21:04
Native speaker of:

Korean
PRO pts in pair: 19

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