You can get by in Seoul with English, gestures and a translation app (Papago works very well for Korean). Still, a few words go a long way.
| English | Korean | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| Hello | ์๋ ํ์ธ์ | an-nyeong-ha-se-yo |
| Thank you | ๊ฐ์ฌํฉ๋๋ค | gam-sa-ham-ni-da |
| Excuse me / Sorry | ์ฃ์กํฉ๋๋ค | joe-song-ham-ni-da |
| Yes / No | ๋ค / ์๋์ | ne / a-ni-yo |
| This one, please | ์ด๊ฑฐ ์ฃผ์ธ์ | i-geo ju-se-yo |
| How much is it? | ์ผ๋ง์์? | eol-ma-ye-yo |
| Where is the restroom? | ํ์ฅ์ค ์ด๋์์? | hwa-jang-sil eo-di-ye-yo |
| Please take me here | ์ฌ๊ธฐ๋ก ๊ฐ ์ฃผ์ธ์ | yeo-gi-ro ga ju-se-yo |
| Itโs delicious! | ๋ง์์ด์! | ma-si-sseo-yo |
| Cheers! | ๊ฑด๋ฐฐ! | geon-bae |
Tip: Before a meal, Koreans say ์ ๋จน๊ฒ ์ต๋๋ค (jal meok-get-seum-ni-da, โI will eat wellโ), and afterwards ์ ๋จน์์ต๋๋ค (jal meo-geot-seum-ni-da). People will love it.