(Korean) 안녕, 안녕하세요, 안녕하십니까 (English) Hello, Hi, Good morning, Good afternoon, Good evening, How are you?, What's up?, and etc... (Japanese) おはよう、おはようございます、こんにちは、こんばんは 반말 Casual language タメ口 안녕 비격식체 존댓말 Polite language for daily conversation 非格式体の敬語 안녕하세요 격식체 존댓말 Formal language for writing and business 格式体の敬語 안녕하십니까 대화 Conversations 会話 A: 안녕하세요. B: 안녕하세요. 안녕하세요 is the most common way of greeting someone in Korean. This greeting is in 존댓말, or polite/formal language. When someone greets you with 안녕하세요, you can simply greet the person back with 안녕하세요. When you write this greeting, you can write it as “안녕하세요.” (statement) or “안녕하세요?” (question form). Either way is perfectly acceptable. 안녕하세요 was originally a question asking “Are you doing well?”, “Are you at peace?”, or “Are you living well?”, but since it is a very common expression, people began to not expect any special answers in reply. For example, when you ask a friend of yours “What’s up...
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