Greet in Korean 🇰🇷

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greet	맞이하다

How to say “greet” in Korean? “맞이하다”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “맞이하다” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on greet in Korean like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to Remember:
• Associate 맞이하다 with “match” in situations where you “match” your welcoming smile with someone arriving.
• Remember that 맞이하다 is used when welcoming or greeting guests, similar to how you’d “meet” someone warmly.

Explanation:
• 맞이하다 means “to greet” or “to welcome.” It is used when encountering someone arriving or when hosting an event.
• The word comes from 맞이 (welcoming/meeting) combined with 하다 (to do), meaning “to do an arrival welcome” or “to greet.”

Synonyms:
• 환영하다 (hwanyeonghada) – to welcome
• 인사하다 (insahada) – to greet (more focused on the act of saying hello)

Conjugations (Informal Polite/Formal Polite forms provided):

Infinitive: 맞이하다 (majihada)

Present Tense:
• Informal Polite: 맞이해요 (majih haeyo)
• Formal Polite: 맞이합니다 (majihamnida)

Past Tense:
• Informal Polite: 맞이했어요 (majih haesseoyo)
• Formal Polite: 맞이했습니다 (majih haetseumnida)

Future Tense:
• Informal Polite: 맞이할 거예요 (majihal geoyeyo)
• Formal Polite: 맞이할 것입니다 (majihal geosimnida)

Examples of Sentences:
1. 우리가 내일 손님들을 맞이해요.
(Uliga naeil sonnimdeureul majih haeyo.)
Translation: We will greet our guests tomorrow.

2. 도시는 유명한 인사를 맞이했습니다.
(Dosineun yumyeonghan insareul majih haetseumnida.)
Translation: The city greeted (welcomed) the famous guest.

3. 그는 매번 새로운 사람들을 따뜻하게 맞이해요.
(Geuneun maebeon saeroun saramdeureul ttatteuthage majih haeyo.)
Translation: He always greets new people warmly.

4. 어제 우리는 오래간만에 친구를 맞이했어요.
(Eoje urineun oraeganmane chingureul majih haesseoyo.)
Translation: Yesterday, we greeted an old friend after a long time.

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