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Phone calls

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Woordenschat

  • 여보세요hello (on the phone)
  • 전화phone call / telephone
  • 통화phone conversation
  • -고 있다to be doing (progressive)
  • 잠깐만요just a moment
  • 메시지message
  • 다시 전화하다to call back
  • 연결되다to be connected
  • 끊다to hang up
  • 받다to answer / to receive
  • 바꿔 주세요please put through
  • 통화 중busy / on the phone

Phone Calls in Korean

Korean phone calls start with 여보세요 (hello on the phone). The key grammar is -고 있다 for describing what someone is doing right now.

-고 있다 — progressive (right now):

  • 지금 통화하고 있어요 → I am on the phone right now
  • 밥을 먹고 있어요 → I am eating right now
  • 기다리고 있어요 → I am waiting

Answering the phone:

  • 여보세요? → Hello? (answering)
  • 누구세요? → Who is this?
  • 잠깐만요 → One moment please
  • 지금 자리에 없어요 → They are not here right now

Making calls:

  • 민수 씨 있어요? → Is Minsu there?
  • 바꿔 주세요 → Put me through please
  • 나중에 다시 전화할게요 → I will call again later
  • 메시지 남겨 드릴까요? → Shall I take a message?

Uitdrukkingen

  • 여보세요?Hello? (answering the phone)
  • 지금 통화하고 있어요.I am on the phone right now
  • 잠깐만요.Just a moment please
  • 민수 씨 있어요?Is Minsu there?
  • 나중에 다시 전화할게요.I will call again later
  • 메시지 남겨 드릴까요?Shall I take a message?

Veelgemaakte fouten

  • 헬로?
    여보세요?

    In Korean phone calls always use 여보세요, not English "hello" or 헬로

  • 지금 전화하고 있어요
    지금 통화하고 있어요

    통화하다 means to have a phone conversation; 전화하다 means to make a call, which is a different nuance

  • 메시지 남기다 드릴까요?
    메시지 남겨 드릴까요?

    The connective form of 남기다 is 남겨, not 남기다 — use the 아/어 stem before 드리다

  • 다시 전화해 줄게요
    나중에 다시 전화할게요

    When promising to call back, 나중에 다시 전화할게요 is the natural expression; 줄게요 is less natural here

  • 민수 씨 있습니까?
    민수 씨 있어요?

    On casual phone calls, 있어요? is more natural than the formal 있습니까?

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