This slang expression for saying bye is onomatopoeic. You can remove the 요 to make it more casual. This is another way to say “see you next time” or “see you later”. #9 나중에 봐요 ( nachunge bwayo) - “See you later” in Korean Let’s learn a different kind of farewell in Korean-I’m sure you want to learn how to say more than just “goodbye”! To say “see you next time”, you can use 다음에 봐.Ĭan you guess how to make it formal? That’s right! You add 요 so it becomes 다음에 봐요. #8 다음에 봐 (daeume bwa) - “See you next time” in Korean You can use it whether you’re the one staying or leaving. You can also use it to say “hello”, so it’s a handy word to know! Plus, it’s versatile. Remember the word for “peace” it’s 안녕 and you can use it as an informal or casual way to say “bye” in Korean. Let’s go back to the first two ways you learned to say “goodbye” in Korean. #7 안녕 (annyeong) - Informal “Bye” in Korean And hopefully, you’re picking up on a pattern! Often, all you need to do to make an expression informal is drop the 요. This Korean phrase for goodbye also has an informal version. You use 잘 있어요 when you’re leaving and letting the other person know you wish them well. #6 잘 있어요 (jal isseoyo) - “Stay well” in KoreanĪs with many of these expressions used to say “goodbye” in Korean, there are two versions-one for when you’re leaving and one for when you’re staying and the other person is leaving. There’s also an informal version of this expression, it’s 잘 가 ( jal ga), which you can use with friends and family. 잘 means “well” in Korean, and as you learned before, 가요 means “go”. You can only use it when the other person is leaving. #5 잘 가요 (jal gayo) - “Go well” in KoreanĪnother expression to tell someone to “go” or “go well” in Korean is 잘 가요. This particular expression is used by older speakers, typically when they’re saying goodbye to younger people. 안녕히 가십시오 ( annyeonghi gasipsio) is the formal equivalent of 안녕히 가세요 and you’ll hear it when someone is wishing you to “go well” whereas 안녕히 계십시오 ( annyeonghi gyesipsio) is used when someone means to say “stay well”.Ī fourth polite way to say “goodbye” in Korean is the polite form of “go” in Korean, 가세요. So much more so that you’ll probably only hear them on tv, the radio or as you’re leaving a shop or restaurant and the staff is bidding you farewell. There’s another form of each of the first two Korean phrases for goodbye you learned, and they’re much more formal. #3 안녕히 가십시오 (annyeonghi gasipsio) or 안녕히 계십시오 (annyeonghi gyesipsio) - formal “Goodbye” in Korean But with time and practice, you’ll get the hang of these two useful phrases for saying Goodbye in Korean. This is the honorific form of 있으세요 ( isseuseyo), which comes from the verb 있다 ( itda, “to exist”).Īs you’ve likely figured out by now, 가세요 ( gaseyo) and 계세요 ( gyeseyo) sound really similar, so new Korean learners often mix them up. You already learned 안녕히, so let’s look at 계세요. When you’re leaving and saying goodbye to someone who is staying, you’d use this phrase to mean something along the lines of “stay peacefully” or literally, “please peacefully exist”. #2 안녕히 계세요 (annyeonghi gyeseyo) - “Bye” in Korean when you’re leaving There’s another similar phrase you’ll use when you’re the one leaving, so let’s get to it. This phrase is polite and works in most situations. Together, you’re literally saying 안녕히 가세요 “please go peacefully”. So, 안녕히 means “peacefully” and 가세요 means “please go”. And by attaching 히, we turn it into an adverb (as a reminder, an adverb is a word that describes a verb). 안녕히 가세요 is one of the most common ways to say goodbye and it’s used when you’re staying, but the other person is leaving.īefore we go any further, let’s break this phrase down! #1 안녕히 가세요 (annyeonghi gaseyo) - “Goodbye” in Korean when someone is leavingįor most goodbyes in Korean, there are two forms-one for when you’re the person leaving and another for when the other person is leaving.
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