LESSON# 1

• 안녕하세요. = Hello. / Hi. / How are you? / Good afternoon. / Good evening. / etc...
• “네” expresses your “agreement” to what the other person said.
• “아니요” expresses your “disagreement” or “denial” to what the other person said
• 네. [ne] = That’s right. / I agree. / Sounds good. / What you said is correct
• 아니요. [aniyo] = That’s not right. / I don’t agree. / What you said is not correct.
• 네, 맞아요. [ne, ma-ja-yo] = Yes, that’s right.
• If you are leaving, and the other person is (or the other people are) staying, you can say:

  안녕히 계세요. [an-nyeong-hi gye-se-yo]
• If you are staying, an the other person is (or the other people are) leaving, you can say:

  안녕히 가세요. [an-nyeong-hi ga-se-yo]
• 죄송합니다 [joe-song-hap-ni-da] means “I am sorry.” or “I apologize.”
• 저기요. [jeo-gi-yo] In English, you can use the expression “Excuse me.” in all of the following situations.

  1. when you want to get someone’s attention and talk to them or let them know something
  2. when you want to call the waiter in a restaurant or a cafe to order something
• 잠시만요. [jam-si-man-yo] (literal meaning: “Just a second.”)

  죄송합니다. [joe-song-ham-ni-da] (literal meaning: “I am sorry.”)

  잠깐만요. [jam-kkan-man-yo] (literal meaning: “Just a second.”)
• 이에요 and 예요 have a similar role to that of the English verb “to be”. T
• 물이에요 its water
• 물이에요. [mul-i-e-yo] = It’s water.

  물이에요? [mul-i-e-yo?] = Is that water? Is this water?
• 이거 [i-geo] = this, this one

  Sample Sentences:

  이거 책이에요. [i-geo chaek-i-e-yo] = This is a book.

  이거 카메라예요. [i-geo ka-me-ra-ye-yo] = This is a camera.
• 이거 뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?] = What is this?

  이거 핸드폰이에요. [i-geo haen-deu-pon-i-e-yo] = This is a cellphone.
• 이거 뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?] = What is this? 이거 물이에요. [i-geo mul-i-e-yo] = This is water.
• how to say “No”?

  이거 커피예요? [i-geo keo-pi-ye-yo?] = Is this coffee?

  아니요. 이거 물이에요. [a-ni-yo. i-geo mul-i-e-yo] = No. This is water.
• how to say “Yes, that’s right”?

  이거 커피예요? [i-geo keo-pi-ye-yo?] = Is this coffee?

  네. 맞아요. 이거 커피예요. [ne. ma-ja-yo. i-geo keo-pi-ye-yo] = Yes, that’s right. This is coffee.
• 이 + 것 = 이것 [i-geot] or 이거 [i-geo] = this thing, this item, this one

  그 + 것 = 그것 [geu-geot] or 그거 [geu-geo] = the thing, the item, that one, it

  저 + 것 = 저것 [geu-geot] or 저거 [geu-geo] = that thing over there
• 이 사람 [i sa-ram] = this person, this man here, this lady here, he, she 그 사람 [geu sa-ram] = the person, that person, he, she 저 사람 [jeo sa-ram] = that person over there, he, she
• 아니에요 [a-ni-e-yo] means “It’s not.” “I am not.” “You’re not.” “He/she is not.” and etc
• 저 아니에요. [jeo a-ni-e-yo] = It’s not me.

  우유 아니에요. [u-yu a-ni-e-yo] = It’s not milk.

  물 아니에요. [mul a-ni-e-yo] = It’s not water.
• This is not milk. = 이거 우유 아니에요.

  That is not liquor. = 저거 술 아니에요

  It is not a cat. = 그거 고양이 아니에요.
• topic marking particles (은/는) express what the topic of the sentence is

  example:

  내일은 저는 일해요. [nae-il-eun jeo-neun il-hae-yo] = “As for tomorrow, I work.”
• 가방 [ga-bang] + 이 [i]

  학교 [hak-gyo] + 가 [ga]
• subject marking particles (이/가) show what the subject of the sentence is
• 이거 커피예요. [i-geo keo-pi-ye-yo] (= This is coffee)

  이거는 물이에요. [i-geo-NEUN mul-i-e-yo] (= That was coffee, but THIS ONE, it’s water.)

  이거는 오렌지주스예요. [i-geo-NEUN o-ren-ji-ju-seu-ye-yo] (= And THIS ONE, it’s different again, it’s orange juice.)

  이거는 뭐예요? [i-geo-NEUN mwo-ye-yo?] (= And what about this one? What is it?)
• “있어요” [i-sseo-yo] and ”없어요” [eop-sseo-yo]

  HAVE/DON’T HAVE and EXISTS/DOESN’T EXIST
• . 친구 있어요. [chin-gu i-sseo-yo] = I have friends. / I have a friend. / There are friends.

  시간 있어요. [si-gan i-sseo-yo] = There is time. / I have time. / They have time.
• 시간 없어요. [si-gan eop-sseo-yo] = There is no time. / I don’t have time. / We don’t have time.

  . 친구 없어요. [chin-gu eop-sseo-yo] = I don’t have friends.
• 그들은 영화를 보고 있습니다. [geul-deul-eun yeong-ha-reul bo-go gae i-sup-ni-da.] = They are watching a movie.
• 나는 한국인입니다. [na-neun han-gook-in ip-ni-da.] = I am Korean.
• 사과 있어요 [sa-gwa i-sseo-yo] = I have an apple. There are apples. They have some apples.

  사과 없어요 [sa-gwa eop-seo-yo] = I don’t have an apple. There is no apple
• 주세요 [ju-se-yo] = “Please give me ...” or “I’d like to have ... please.”
• 주세요 [ ju-se-yo] can be used in many different situations: when you ask someone to hand something over to you, when you are ordering something in a restaurant, when are asking for an item in a shop, or, when attached to a verb (which we will learn how to do in a later lesson) , to ask someone to do something for you.
• 우유 주세요. [u-yu ju-se-yo.] = Give me some milk, please
• 아이스크림 주세요 [a-i-seu-keu-rim ju-se-yo] = Please give me some ice cream. 햄버거 주세요 [haem-beo-geo ju-se-yo] = Please give me a hamburger. 김치 주세요 [gim-chi ju-se-yo] = Please give me some kimchi. 불고기 주세요 [bul-go-gi ju-se-yo] = Please give me some bulgogi. 밥 주세요 [bap ju-se-yo] = Please give me rice. Please give me food.
• 가방을 주세요. [ga-bang-eul ju-se-yo.] = Please give me my bag.
• 책을 주세요. [chaek-eul ju-se-yo.] = Please give me the book.