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<\/h1>\n<\/h1>\nIn English there are many different ways of saying goodbye \u2013 ‘goodbye’, ‘bye bye’, ‘take care’, ‘see you later’, etc. Likewise, there are many ways to say goodbye in Korean, but there are also certain unique concepts we need to be aware of when saying goodbye in Korean. So in this article, we’ll take a deep dive into these concepts and learn the most common ways of saying goodbye in Korean.<\/p>\n
When you say goodbye in Korean, the most important concepts to be aware of are whether you’re leaving or staying at a place, and whether the other person is leaving or staying at a place.<\/p>\n
So in Korean, we have different goodbyes for when\u2026<\/p>\n
Another important factor to consider is where you are when saying goodbye, such as at your home, your workplace, or at a neutral venue like a caf\u00e9 or a restaurant.<\/p>\n
So let’s imagine that a friend came by to your house. Your friend wants to borrow a book, and after a brief catch up, the friend is about to leave. To say goodbye to a friend who’s about to leave your home, you can say ‘\uc798 \uac00’.<\/p>\n
\uc798 is an adverb that means ‘well’, and \uac00 is a verb that means ‘go’, so literal meaning of \uc798 \uac00 is ‘go well’. This is a casual form of goodbye in Korean, so we can say it to friends, or close family members who are of similar age. However, let’s imagine that the person visiting your home is your grandmother, your teacher, or a family friend who’s much older than you. Then, we need to use a more respectful version of \uc798\uac00, and it’s \uc548\ub155\ud788 \uac00\uc138\uc694.<\/p>\n
\uc548\ub155\ud788 is an adverb, which means ‘peacefully, comfortably,’ and \uac00\uc138\uc694 is the polite honorific form of \uac00, so it means ‘go’. So together \uc548\ub155\ud788 \uac00\uc138\uc694 means ‘please be on your way peacefully, comfortably’.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, Koreans also just say ‘\uac00\uc138\uc694’. This is still a respectful way of saying goodbye, as the verb is in a polite and honorific form.<\/p>\n
It’s important to note that we generally use these expressions when we’re saying goodbye to someone who’s leaving a place where we’re expected to stay, such as our home and our offices. However, we can also use these expressions when we’re saying goodbye to someone at neutral venues, such as at restaurants and caf\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
There is a formal form of this goodbye and it is \uc548\ub155\ud788 \uac00\uc2ed\uc2dc\uc624.<\/p>\n
Because this is formal, it’s rarely used in everyday speech and is only used to show very high respect, so it’s most commonly used by shop and restaurant staff when they say goodbye to customers.<\/p>\n
Now this time, let’s imagine a situation where you visit your friend’s place, and as you’re leaving, you want to say goodbye to your friend who’s staying home. In this situation, you can say \uc798 \uc788\uc5b4.<\/p>\n
\uc798, as we learned before means ‘well’, and \uc788\uc5b4 is the casual form of \uc788\ub2e4 (idda), which means ‘to stay’, so together \uc798 \uc788\uc5b4, means to ‘stay well’, so we say this expression when we’re leaving a place and the other person is expected to stay. However, ‘\uc798 \uc788\uc5b4’ is a casual expression and should only be used with friends or close family members who are of similar age.<\/p>\n
Therefore, let’s imagine that you went to see your professor at his or her office. Now, if you’re leaving your professor’s office, you can’t say \uc798 \uc788\uc5b4 to say goodbye as this is a casual expression. A more polite way of saying goodbye in Korean in this situation is to say \uc548\ub155\ud788 \uacc4\uc138\uc694.<\/p>\n
As we have learned already, \uc548\ub155\ud788 is an adverb that means ‘peacefully, comfortably’, and it is used with \uacc4\uc138\uc694 which is the polite and honorific form of \uc788\uc5b4, which means to stay. So altogether \uc548\ub155\ud788 \uacc4\uc138\uc694 means ‘please stay comfortably, please stay peacefully’, and this is the polite and respectful way of saying goodbye when we’re leaving someone’s home or their office.<\/p>\n
It’s important to note that we don’t say \uc798 \uc788\uc5b4 or \uc548\ub155\ud788 \uacc4\uc138\uc694 when we’re at neutral venues, such as restaurant and caf\u00e9s as even if the other person is staying at that place for a little longer, they are expected to leave at some point in the near future.<\/p>\n
This form of goodbye also has a formal form and it is \uc548\ub155\ud788 \uacc4\uc2ed\uc2dc\uc624.<\/p>\n
This is a formal way of saying goodbye to someone who’s staying somewhere, so it’s rarely used in everyday speech. It’s only used in very formal settings.<\/p>\n
Let’s now consider how we say goodbye to each when everyone’s leaving the same place. This mostly happens at more neutral venues, such as at restaurants and caf\u00e9s, and at these places, we can still say \uc798 \uac00 (jal-ga) and \uc548\ub155\ud788 \uac00\uc138\uc694 (annyeonhee gaseyo) when everyone’s leaving.<\/p>\n
However, let’s imagine that you and your friend had coffee at a caf\u00e9 and are about to leave. You are going to go to the bookstore while your friend is going home. When we know that the other person is going home, then we can say, \uc798 \ub4e4\uc5b4\uac00.<\/p>\n
First we have this word \uc798 which means ‘well’ and then we have the verb \ub4e4\uc5b4\uac00 which means ‘to enter’, so the literal meaning of \uc798 \ub4e4\uc5b4\uac00 is ‘enter well’. We use this expression when we know that the other person is going home, and we can also sometimes say this when the other person is going back to work or to school.<\/p>\n
If we need to use the same expression in a formal situation or when we need to be more respectful, we can say \uc798 \ub4e4\uc5b4\uac00\uc138\uc694.<\/p>\n
So this expression is exactly the same, except the verb \ub4e4\uc5b4\uac00 changes to the polite and honorific form \ub4e4\uc5b4\uac00\uc138\uc694.<\/p>\n
So far, we learned three forms of polite goodbyes in Korean:<\/p>\n
And each version begins with one of two adverbs \u2013 \uc548\ub155\ud788 which means ‘peacefully’, or \uc798 which means ‘well’. However, when we say goodbye to people who are leaving us, we can also use the adverb \uc870\uc2ec\ud788 (joshimhee) which means carefully. So using this adverb we can say.<\/p>\n
When we use \uc870\uc2ec\ud788, the meaning of goodbye becomes ‘have a safe journey’.<\/p>\n
Similar to English, we can also say ‘see you later’ in Korean and this is \ub610 \ubd10\uc694.<\/p>\n
\ub610 means ‘again’ and \ubd10\uc694 is the polite form of \ubcf4\ub2e4 which means ‘to see’, so this phrase means ‘see you again’, and there are also different versions of the same phrase:<\/p>\n
In these phrases \ub098\uc911\uc5d0 means ‘later’ and \ub2e4\uc74c\uc5d0 means ‘next time’, so these phrases can be interpreted as meaning ‘see you again later’, and ‘see you again next time’.<\/p>\n
The final goodbye we’re going to learn is the simplest form of goodbye in Korean, and it’s \uc548\ub155.<\/p>\n
In Korean, \uc548\ub155 can mean both hello<\/a> and goodbye, but it’s a casual form, so we would only say this to friends or those we are close to and are of similar age.<\/p>\n We’ve learned many ways of saying goodbye in Korean, but if you’re with friends and you’re not sure which form of goodbye to use \u2013 just remember to say \uc548\ub155!<\/p>\n So today, we learned many different ways to say goodbye in Korean.<\/p>\n We first learned how to say goodbye when someone is leaving:<\/p>\n Then we learned how to say goodbye when someone is staying:<\/p>\n After that, we learned how to say goodbye to someone going home:<\/p>\n We then learned to use the adverb \uc870\uc2ec\ud788, which means \u201ccarefully\u201d, when we say goodbye to someone leaving or going somewhere.<\/p>\n Finally, we learned a few other way of saying goodbye, which were to say ‘see you later’, and the simple form of goodbye, \uc548\ub155.<\/p>\n And now you’re ready to say goodbye in Korean, and it’s our time to say goodbye too. Hope you found this article useful and do remember to use Clozemaster to learn and practice Korean expressions.<\/p>\n \ub2e4\uc74c\uc5d0 \ub610 \ubd10\uc694! See you next time!<\/p>\n Clozemaster\u00a0<\/strong>has been designed to help you learn the language in context by filling in the gaps in authentic sentences. With\u00a0features such as Grammar Challenges, Cloze-Listening, and Cloze-Reading, the app will let you emphasize all the competencies necessary to become fluent in Korean.<\/p>\n Take your Korean to the next level. <\/a><\/strong>Click here to start practicing with real Korean sentences!<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nWrap up!<\/h2>\n
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