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Too lazy to look up words? Don't worry. I collected the Top 30 phrases that Koreans actually use 80% of the time. You don't need a dictionary. Just memorize this list, and you can survive anywhere in Korea.

Part 1. Magic Reactions

(These make you sound native instantly)
์ง„์งœ์š”? (Jinjja-yo?) - Really? / For real?
๋Œ€๋ฐ•! (Daebak!) - Wow! / Amazing! / Crazy!
๊ทธ๋ ‡๊ตฌ๋‚˜. (Geurae-guna.) - I see. / Aha.
๋งž์•„์š”. (Maja-yo.) - That's right. / Exactly.
์•„๋‹ˆ์š”. (Aniyo.) - No.
์ข‹์•„์š”! (Jo-a-yo!) - Good! / I like it / Sounds good.
๊ดœ์ฐฎ์•„์š”. (Gwaenchana-yo.) - It's okay / I'm fine / No thanks.

Part 2. Survival Needs

(Use these when you need something)
๋ฐฐ๊ณ ํŒŒ์š”. (Baego-pa-yo.) - I'm hungry.
๋ฌผ ์ข€ ์ฃผ์„ธ์š”. (Mul jom juseyo.) - Please give me water.
ํ™”์žฅ์‹ค ์–ด๋””์˜ˆ์š”? (Hwajangsil eodi-yeyo?) - Where is the bathroom?
์–ผ๋งˆ์˜ˆ์š”? (Eolma-yeyo?) - How much is it?
์ด๊ฑฐ ์ฃผ์„ธ์š”. (Igeo juseyo.) - I'll take this one.
๋„์™€์ฃผ์„ธ์š”. (Dowa-juseyo.) - Please help me.
์ž ์‹œ๋งŒ์š”. (Jamsiman-yo.) - Just a moment / Excuse me (passing through).

Part 3. Feelings & Conditions

(Most common daily phrases)
ํ”ผ๊ณคํ•ด์š”. (Pigon-haeyo.) - I'm tired.
๋ง›์žˆ์–ด์š”! (Masisseo-yo!) - It's delicious!
์žฌ๋ฐŒ์–ด์š”. (Jaemisseo-yo.) - It's fun / interesting.
์ถ”์›Œ์š”. (Chuwo-yo.) - It's cold.
๋”์›Œ์š”. (Deowo-yo.) - It's hot.
๋ฐฐ๋ถˆ๋Ÿฌ์š”. (Baebulleo-yo.) - I'm full.
๋ชจ๋ฅด๊ฒ ์–ด์š”. (Moreugesseo-yo.) - I don't know / I don't understand.

Part 4. Social Connectors

(Simple greetings)
์•ˆ๋…•ํ•˜์„ธ์š”. (Annyeong-haseyo.) - Hello.
๋ฐ˜๊ฐ€์›Œ์š”. (Bangawo-yo.) - Nice to meet you.
๊ฐ์‚ฌํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. (Gamsahamnida.) - Thank you.
์ฃ„์†กํ•ด์š”. (Joesong-haeyo.) - I'm sorry.
์ด๋ฆ„์ด ๋ญ์˜ˆ์š”? (Ireumi mwo-yeyo?) - What is your name?
์–ด๋”” ๊ฐ€์š”? (Eodi gayo?) - Where are you going?
๋ฐฅ ๋จน์—ˆ์–ด์š”? (Bap meogeosseo-yo?) - Did you eat? (Common greeting)
์—ฐ๋ฝํ• ๊ฒŒ์š”. (Yeollak-hal-geyo.) - I'll contact you / keep in touch.
์•ˆ๋…•ํžˆ ๊ณ„์„ธ์š”. (Annyeong-hi gyeseyo.) - Goodbye (when leaving).
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