In this article, we’ll tell you how to say โgoodnightโ in Korean.
Imagine you’re in your pajamas, your skincare routine is complete, your teeth are brushed, and you’re ready to sleep. What do you want to say to your roommate, sibling, or spouse before you dose off to dreamland? Of course, you’d like to wish them a good night!ย
Although several phrases will be taught in this lesson, it may be best to pick one formal and one less formal expression and practice trying to use those expressions as much as possible.
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You’ll notice that we use ํ๊ธ (Hangeul), the Korean alphabet, throughout this lesson. Learning with the Korean alphabet is the best way to learn the language since it trains proper pronunciation and reading in you early on. So it’s a great time to learn the alphabet if you don’t know it already!
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Formal “Goodnight” in Korean
If you have studied ‘How to Say Goodbye in Korean‘, then you will be aware of the word ์๋ ํ (annyeonghi | peacefully) already.
The next word, similar to what is on this list.ย
, is the formal version of ์๋ค (jada | to sleep). Both of these are some of the most common Korean words,In order to show respect in Korean, you not only need to add ์ into expressions, but you also need to change certain words.ย
From the lesson on saying goodbye, we learned that ๊ณ์ธ์ (gyeseyo) comes from the honorific version of ์๋ค (itda). Likewise, if you want to say “sleep” in a formal setting, then you should use the word ์ฃผ๋ฌด์ธ์ (jumuseyo). Use the expression ์๋ ํ ์ฃผ๋ฌด์ธ์ (annyeonghi jumuseyo) when speaking to people who are your senior or who are a generation or two older than you.
Another expression you can use is ํธ์ํ ๋ฐค ๋์ธ์ (pyeonanhan bam doeseyo). This comes from the verb ํธ์ํ๋ค (pyeonanhada | to be comfortable) and the word ๋ฐค (bam)which means ‘night’ so the expression’s literal meaning is something like ‘have a comfortable night’.
Standard “Goodnight” in Korean
The verb ์๋ค (jada)means to sleep, and ์ (jal)means ‘well’ so the expression ์ ์์ (jal jayo) means ‘sleep well’. You can use this expression to say goodnight to somebody.
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There are several Korean verbs that usually are made up of two separate words. ๊ฟ์ ๊พธ๋ค (kkumeul kkuda) is one of these, ๊ฟ (kkum) means dream so literally ๊ฟ ๊พธ๋ค (kkum kkuda) could be translated as “dream dreams”, but you should see the two words together as an expression meaning “to dream”. ์ข์ (joeun) means “good this expression means something like ‘dream some good dreams’.
Use these expressions with people who are of a similar age and rank to, but you don’t know too well.
Informal “Goodnight” in Korean
If you are speaking to somebody that you are close to, who is the same age or younger than you, then you can drop the ์ (yo) from the end of the regular expressions.
“Did you sleep well?” in Korean
You can say ์๋ ํ ์ฃผ๋ฌด์ จ์ด์? (annyeonghi jumusyeosseoyo) if you see somebody the next day and want to ask them if they slept soundly or they slept well. The verb ์ฃผ๋ฌด์๋ค (jumusida) has been put into the past tense and asked as a question.ย
“Good Morning” in Korean
Apart from ์๋ ํ ์ฃผ๋ฌด์ จ์ด์? (annyeonghi jumusyeosseoyo), you can also use these words greet someone in the morning in Korean:
You can use ์ ์ค์ด์? (jal jasseoyo), which is the Standard form of “Good Morning”, with your fellow housemates or if you’re traveling with someone who is older than you. ์ ์ค์ด? (jal jasseo) is informal so you can use this with people the same age or close friends.
In addition to knowing how to say “Good night”, you may wish to use the expression ‘see you tomorrow’ (๋ด์ผ ๋ด์ – naeil bwayo) in certain situations too.
Now you should have a good understanding of how to say ‘goodnight’ in Korean. If you liked this phrase and want to learn more about the language, check out our complete online resource guide for how to learn Korean. We also have a step-by-step online Korean language program that teaches you how to have a 3-minute conversation in the first 90 days.
์ ์์ (jal jayo)!
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22 replies to "How to Say “Goodnight” in Korean"
If we want to say sleep well in korean, what would that be?
You can say ์ ์. ^^
This is good,, where do ร beginner start??
Hi, Mary! You can start by learning the Korean alphabet! ^^ (https://www.90daykorean.com/how-to-learn-the-korean-alphabet/)
Hello,
I want to ask a question about ์ข์ ๊ฟ ๊ฟ and ์ข์ ๊ฟ ๊ฟ์. You said we can say ์ข์ ๊ฟ ๊ฟ to somebody who we are close to and ์ข์ ๊ฟ ๊ฟ์ to somebody we are not close to. So, the difference only with the word ์?
Am I right?
Thank you
That’s correct, Andri! ^^
The main difference is when we add์ in the last of the word, it shows that we are using formal way of talking , which we can use to our elders to show respect.
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