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Top 20 Most Requested Translations: English to Korean

The Korean language has become an increasingly important language due to the powerful economic standing, geopolitical importance and trade volume of South Korea. There are over 70 million people who speak Korean around the world and Korean is the official language of both Koreas.

Korean has been classified by historical and modern linguists to be a language isolate, which means that it did not originate from any other language. The Korean alphabet, Hangul, consists of 24 letters: 14 consonants and 10 vowels.

From our research and experience translating English into Korean, we have compiled a list of the 20 most requested translations for this language pair.

Top 20 Translations:

English

Korean

Hello

안녕하세요.

Goodbye

안녕히 가십시오.

Merry Christmas

메리 크리스마스

Happy Holidays

즐거운 휴일 되십시오.

Happy Birthday

생일 축하합니다.

Happy New Year

새해 복 많이 받으십시오.

Congratulations

축하합니다.

What time is it?

지금 몇 시입니까?

Where is the bathroom?

화장실이 어디에 있습니까?

My name is…

제 이름은…

What is your name?

성함이 어떻게 되십니까?

Peace

평화

Welcome

환영합니다.

Thank you.

감사합니다.

You are welcome.

천만에요.

Where can I find a hospital?

병원은 어디에 있습니까?

Where can I find a bank?

은행은 어디에 있습니까?

Where can I find a good restaurant?

좋은 식당은 어디에 있습니까?

Where can I find a taxi?

택시를 어디에서 타면 될까요?

Where can I find an airport?

공항은 어디에 있습니까?

There are other words that are commonly translated, like numbers and months, for content that includes things like dates and time.

Months of the year:

Numbers:

숫자:

One

하나

Two

Three

Four

Five

다섯

Six

여섯

Seven

일곱

Eight

여덟

Nine

아홉

Ten

Eleven

열하나

Twelve

열 둘

Thirteen

열 셋

Fourteen

열 넷

Fifteen

열 다섯

Sixteen

열 여섯

Seventeen

열 일곱

Eighteen

열 여덟

Nineteen

열 아홉

Twenty

스물:

Months of the year:

Months:

:

January

1월

February

2월

March

3월

April

4월

May

5월

June

6월

July

7월

August

8월

September

9월

October

10월

November

11월

December

12월