How to Say “Yes” in Korean – Ways to express agreement

The standard informal word for “yes” is 응 (eung), but males often say 어 (eo) instead. How to Say Yes in Korean informal. Example: A: 나 예뻐? Skiptocontent  ShareonFacebook Tweet(ShareonTwitter) Pinit(ShareonPinterest) HowtoSay“Yes”inKorean–Waystoexpressagreement24Comments|LastUpdatedonAugust4,2022by90DayKorean Thisarticlewillteachyouhowtosay“yes”inKorean. ThisisoneofthemostimportantwordstolearninKorean.Whetheryou’relisteningtoKpopsongs,watchingK-dramas,ortalkingwithyourKoreanfriends,you’veprobablyheardthewordfor“yes”inKoreanbefore. Bysaying“yes,”youcangiveyourselfmanynewexcitingopportunitiesandexperiences.  WealsoincludeaFREEPDFversionofthislessonthatyoucantakewithyouonthego.Checkitoutbelow: GetHowtoSay“Yes”inKoreanFreePDF ThisisoneofthemanyfreelessonswehaveinsideouronlineguideforlearningKorean. Wellthen,let’sgetto“yes”! Contents1Howtosay“yes”inKorean1.1Formal“Yes”inKorean1.1.11.예(ye)1.2Standard“Yes”inKorean1.2.11.네(ne) 1.3Informal“Yes”inKorean1.3.11.응(eung)/어(eo)2OtherWaystoSay“Yes”and“No”inKorean2.11.있어요(isseoyo)/없어요(eopseoyo)2.22.알아요(arayo)/몰라요(mollayo)3AWordofCautionAboutRomanization Howtosay“yes”inKorean Thefirstthingtorememberisthat“yes”isusedslightlydifferentlyinKoreanthaninEnglish.Inmanysituationswhereyouwouldusuallysay“yes”or“no”inEnglish,youwoulduseaverbinKorean. Youwoulduse“yes”or“no”inKoreanineitheritsregular(positive)form(ifyouaresaying“yes”)orinitsnegativeform(ifyouaresaying“no”).Seethebonussectionattheendofthisarticleforsomeexamples. Thereismorethanonewaytosay“yes”inKorean.Differentwordsareusedbasedonhowpoliteyouwanttobe.  Here’savideoonhowtosay“yes”inKoreantogetyoustarted! HowtoSayYESinKorean|90DayKorean GetHowtoSay“Yes”inKoreanFreePDF Formal“Yes”inKorean Ironyourdressshirtsandpolishupyourshoesbecausethisversionof“yes”inKoreanisusedinformalsituations. 1.예(ye) Thisoneshouldbeeasytoremember;itsoundsalmostthesameastheEnglishword“yeah,”justslightlyshorter. Example: A:미국사람입니까?(miguksaramimnikka) AreyouAmerican? B:예,미국사람입니다.(ye,miguksaramimnida) Yes,IamAmerican. Can'treadKoreanyet?Clickheretolearnforfreeinabout60minutes! Standard“Yes”inKorean Belowisthestandardformof“yes”inKorean.Youcanuseitinallsituationswithoutworryingaboutoffendinganyone. 1.네(ne)  ThisonemightbeabitmoreconfusingasitsoundslikeanegativewordinEnglish.네(ne)and예(ye)areoftenusedinterchangeablyregardlessofpolitenesslevel. Let’stakealookatanexamplesituation: Example: A:김치를좋아하세요?(gimchireuljoahaseyo) Doyoulikegimchi? B:네,좋아해요.(ne,joahaeyo) Yes,Ilikegimchi. GetHowtoSay“Yes”inKoreanFreePDF Informal“Yes”inKorean Lastly,belowaretheinformalwaystosay“yes”inKorean. SincetheseareinformalversionsofhowtosayyesinKorean,makesureyouusethemwithpeoplewhoarelowerinthesocialhierarchythanyouare.That’sbecausetheKoreanlanguagehasdifferentspeechlevelsforrespectandpoliteness.  1.응(eung)/어(eo) Thestandardinformalwordfor“yes”is응(eung),butmalesoftensay어(eo)instead. Example: A:나예뻐?(nayeppeo) AmIpretty? B:어,너무예뻐!(eo,neomuyeppeo) Yes,verypretty. A:이거좋아?(igeojoa) Isthisgood? B:응,좋아(eung,joa) Yes,it’sgood. GetHowtoSay“Yes”inKoreanFreePDF OtherWaystoSay“Yes”and“No”inKorean InKorean,youcanoftenrespondusingtheverbfromthequestionratherthansaying“yes”or“no.” Allthefollowingexamplesareinthestandardpolitenesslevel. 1.있어요(isseoyo)/없어요(eopseoyo) Theverbs있어요(isseoyo|tohaveorexist)and없어요(eopseoyo|tonothaveornotexist)canbeusedtosay“yes”and“no”inKorean.Peoplemayaskyouifyouhaveordon’thavesomethingbyusingtheverb있어요/없어요(isseoyo/eopseoyo)attheendofthequestion. Ratherthansay“yes”or“no,”Koreanswilloftenrespondusingthe있어요/없어요(isseoyo/eopseoyo)verbs,dependingonthesituation.We’llshowyouhowitworks. Example: A:포인트카드있어요?(pointeukadeuisseoyo) Doyouhaveapointcard? B1:있어요(isseoyo) Yes,Ido[literally–itexists] B2:없어요(eopseoyo) No,Idon’t[literally–itdoesn’texist] 2.알아요(arayo)/몰라요(mollayo) Thetwoverbsmean: 알아요=arayo|toknow 몰라요=mollayo|tonotknow InKorean,peoplemayaskyouifyouknowsomepieceofinformation.Ratherthansaying“yes”or“no,”youcanreplywiththeappropriateverbtoindicateifyouknowornot.We’llgiveyouanexamplesoyoucanseetheminaction! Example: A:스티브의휴대폰번호를알아요? (seutibeuuihyudaeponbeonhoreularayo) DoyouknowSteve’scellphonenumber? B1:알아요(arayo) Yes,Ido[literally–Iknow] B2:몰라요(mollayo) No,Idon’t[literally–Idon’tknow] AWordofCautionAboutRomanization We’veaddedtheromanizationforallofthesewordstohelpwithpronunciation.However,werecommendthatyoutrytomoveontoreadingcomfortablyinHangul(theKoreanalphabet),asthiswillimproveyourpronunciationandyourreadingskills.Itwillalsohelpyounoticepatternsinwords,whichwillleadyoutoimprovetherateatwhichyoulearnnewKoreanwordsandgrammarpoints. YoucandownloadafreeguidetolearntheKoreanalphabetinaboutanhourhere. Learningvocabularywordsisagreatwaytohelpyouunderstandthebasicsofalanguage.Still,yourlanguagelearningwillonlyreallytakeoffonceyoustartattemptingtohaveconversationsinKorean.PleasetakealookatourfreelistofKoreanphrases orourfullKoreancoursefor more! Nowthatyouknowhowtosay“yes”inKorean,startsaying“yes”andenjoymanynewexperiences! GetHowtoSay“Yes”inKoreanFreePDF LearntoReadKoreanin90Minutes–FREE!VisualAssociationstolearntheKoreanalphabetinrecordtime!DownloadNow! 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