Level 1 Lesson 4 / I’m sorry, Excuse me / 죄송합니다, 저기요 Toggle Panel
Level 1 Lesson 4 / I’m sorry, Excuse me / 죄송합니다, 저기요
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After listening to this lesson, you can say “I’m sorry.” or “Excuse me.” in Korean. You will also learn how to say “Excuse me. Let me pass.” when you have to walk through a crowd of people. While it is simple to memorize just one phrase for each case, it is not so simple after all because even the same expression cannot always be applied to the same situation between English and Korean. Want to find out why? Listen in now!
Lesson PDF in other languages (Participate in the translation!)
Discussion( leave a comment )
What’s the difference between tcheam shi ma nio and tcheam ga ma nio ? You use tcheam shi ma nio between friends and tcheam ga ma nio with strangers ? Thank you.
jamshimanyo is very similar to ‘just a second, or just a moment please.’ janggamanyo is similar to ‘wait a minute please.’ both are ok but i believe that janggamanyo is slightly more formal. at least, this is what i’ve learned from experience.
I’m somewhat confused! I’ve read and heard many times that “Sorry” was mianhapnida. Was that incorrect?
Hello Brittney~ i think i can help you here. as far as i know… “Mianhamnida” means “I am sorry” for what u did wrong and “Chogiyo” is a way of calling the person u didnt really know, same as “Excuse me” chogi means “there”. so u can say “chogiyo” to someone if you want to ask something to him/her.
:D
I’m not sure if it’s a stupid question or not but I don’t really get something. I read the PDF and in there you write “joesonghapnida” 죄송합니다
I’ve tried to look back but I don’t really get this part “죄” shouldn’t it be “joi”?
I don’t get it at all :(
죄, when pronounced quickly in common speaking, to say sorry in a polite manner, actually ‘sounds’ like “JAY” songhabnida. although if you break down the letters in the syllabol 죄 it is J + oh +eh. jweh. but for some reason, when you add ㅗ to ㅣ it creates a “W” sound. so it’s, “jwehsonghabnida”
actually, in hangul when ㅗ and ㅣ are combined they create w you sound. so technically 죄 should be pronounced jweh. but, in common speaking, to the ear, it sounds like ‘jay’
Hi, thanks for the informative and entertaining lesson. I just realized after hearing Kyeong-eun call out Hyunwoo’s name (after he stepped on her foot the 2nd time, lol) that his name is romanized to have a “w” even though it’s not pronounced like that. It’s like adding “l” in front of the common last name Lee. Why is it like that?
hello
how can i make words from formal into unformal way ?
like kamsahmnida in the first lesson you just sayed neda or meda how its work ?
and how can i understand it ?
I’m confused and lost in translation…on the literal translation. Maybe, I am looking at it backwords (from the English side) but not sure why you would say “jamsimanyo” or “jamkkanmanyo” (Just a second) to pass through a crowd? Is it like saying excuse me for a second? Or allowing me enough time to let me through?
Lost in Translation :(
Hey everyone. Thank you :) I love Korea and korean people. I really want to learn hangul. :) Can you confirm me something, please?
감사합니다 [gam-sa-ham-ni-da] mean ” Thank you”
죄송합니다 [joe-song-hap-mi-da] mean ”I am sorry”
But I dont”s understand what is with 합니다 [hap-ni-da]… can you help me please?
Annyeong haseyo!!!
Well, i got say that i have a question… i heard that when you say “I’m sorry to here that”, it is a different expression and it’s not written in the Pdf. Could you send me the written part of the expression, please???
Gamsa hapnida :D
it was “chincha? eotteoke?” which literally means “really? what should we do?” or “really? what should you do?” .. it works either way :-)
Could you post the words for this lesson in english characters please?
Holaaaaaa, hahahaha i just wanna to say thank youuuuu guys from the heart you really realley are amazing!! for me is not so cofusing beacuse I’m talk Spanish and we have a lot of expresion too!! Gracias por todo (thank you for all) bye!!
Did you really pronounce tokyo insteed of chogyo ?
Who’s the girl speaking in this video??? she sounds soooooo cute! i’m guessing she’s 5-6 years old? Or do all Korean woman speak like innocent children?
I really had fun listening to this. Great site!! kamsahamnida TTMIK :D
Hi! I’m just confused between mianhapnida ang jwesonghapnida. what’s the difference between the two?
Four Lessons in a row xD i just hope I can soon read in Hangeul without peeking at the romanization, I try :P but it takes me like twenty seconds to read an entire word -__- haha thanks guys this is fun xD
감사합니다!!
Hello! I just have 1 question , If a person tells you somthing like “My mother passed away when I was 10″ You don’t say joesonghapnida correct? So what do you say to express your sorry to hear that?? Thankyouu
The lessons are really great!
But I think there’s a mistake in the pdf from lesson 4.
It says in the biginning that excuse me is joe-song-hap-mi-da.
But isn’t it ni-da?
TTMIK – 안녕하세요.
From some of my studies I have also heard 미안해요 as another term/expression used to say, “I’m sorry”. Is this version of saying “I’m sorry” more or less common than 죄송합니다? Also – is it more formal or less formal?
감사합니다!
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