Essential Korean Before You Go to Korea 🌟 ④ MANNERS (매너) — Polite Korean that opens doors 🌸

Golden polite set

• 안녕하세요 / 감사합니다 / 죄송합니다 / 실례합니다
• 잠시만요. — One moment.
• 혹시 … 가능하실까요? — Would it be possible to…?
• 괜찮으시면 이렇게 해도 될까요? — If it’s okay, may I do it like this?
• 먼저 하세요. — Please go ahead.
• 잘 부탁드립니다. — I look forward to your kind help.

Honorific sprinkles

• 분 (person, honorific), 드시다/주무시다 (eat/sleep), 드리다 (to give, humble)
• Offer/receive items with two hands; a small nod + –요 ending = instant kindness.

Tiny situational lines

• 자리 있어요? jari isseoyo? — Do you have seats?
• 추천 메뉴가 있을까요? — Any recommendations?
• 사진 찍어 주실 수 있을까요? — Could you take a photo, please?

Quick drill: write a 3-line polite request using 혹시 / … 주세요 / 감사합니다.

Handy cheatsheet (save me!) 📌

1. 이거 하나 주세요. 포장할게요. — One of this, to-go.
2. 얼마예요? 카드 돼요? — How much? Card okay?
3. 아메리카노 두 잔이요. — Two Americanos.
4. 여섯 시 예약했어요. — I have a 6 o’clock reservation.
5. 혹시 조금만 기다려 주실 수 있을까요? 감사합니다. — Could you wait a moment, please? Thank you.

 Mini quiz (answers at the bottom 😉)

1. Which system for 15 minutes: SINO or NATIVE?
2. “We are four people” → ______ 명이에요.
3. “Room 1205” in Korean numbers?
4. “Less spicy, please” in Korean?
5. Polite way to ask for a recommendation?

Answers: 1) SINO (분) 2) 네 명 3) 천이백오 호 4) 덜 맵게 해 주세요 5) 추천 메뉴가 있을까요?

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Start with Ordering → SINO → NATIVE → Manners. Practice out loud, record yourself, and aim for one full Korean interaction per day on your trip. Want this as a cute printable or a 20-min mini-lesson? DM “ESSENTIAL KOREAN” and I’ll send it over!