Korean for fun: Basics II — Smart Phrases

The following phrases are complete sentences by themselves. However, you can also make multiple sentences with them. All you have to do is put the word you want in front of the phrase. For example:

	+		=
k’uh-p’i		chu-se-yo		k’uh-p’i chu-se-yo
coffee		give me		“Give me coffee.” ” I’d like to have coffee, please.”

issuh-yo	Is there …? Is … there? Do you have …? Have you got …?
issuh-yo	There is … ; I have … ; … is here
up-suh-yo	Is there not …? Is … not there? Do you not have …?
up-suh-yo	There is not … ; … is not here ; I don’t have …
chu-se-yo	Give me …; I’d like …, please.
hah-se-yo	Do you do …? Do you speak …?
mol-lah-yo	I don’t know ; I don’t know …
cho-ah-yo	Is it good? Do you like it? ; Is … good? Do you like …?
cho-ah-yo	It’s good. I like it. Okay ; … is good. I like …
uh-dee-ye-yo	Where is …?
mwuh-ye-yo	What is …?