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Saying hello

Greet someone you're meeting for the first time.

📍 First language-exchange meetup, a café in Seomyeon

안녕하세요. 처음 뵙겠습니다.
annyeonghaseyo. cheoeum boepgetseumnida.
Hello. Nice to meet you (first time).
안녕하세요. 반갑습니다.
annyeonghaseyo. bangapseumnida.
Hello. Glad to meet you.
한국에 오신 지 얼마나 되셨어요?
hanguge osin ji eolmana doesyeosseoyo?
How long have you been in Korea?
육 개월 됐어요. 아직 한국말을 잘 못해요.
yuk gaewol dwaesseoyo. ajik hangungmareul jal mothaeyo.
Six months. I still don't speak Korean well.

Today's one point

-습니다 / -아요·어요

'-seumnida' is formal; '-ayo/-eoyo' is softer but still polite. Start formal with strangers, slide into '-ayo' as you get closer.