Greet in Korean 🇰🇷

인사하다 info.

Tips to remember the Korean word:
• Think of 인사 (insa) as “greeting” and 하다 (hada) as “to do” – so literally it means “to do greeting.”
• Associate it with the English word “inspire” (sounds a little like 인사) to recall initiating a greeting.

Explanation:
The word 인사하다 means “to greet” or “to give a greeting.” It is composed of the noun 인사 (greeting) and the verb 하다 (to do), a common combination in Korean.

Other words with a similar meaning:
• 맞이하다 (majihada) – “to welcome”
• 인사를 전하다 (insareul jeonhada) – “to convey greetings”

Conjugations (using 인사하다):

Infinitive: 인사하다 (insa-hada) – to greet

Present:
• Informal low: 인사해 (insa-hae)
• Polite informal: 인사해요 (insa-hae-yo)
• Formal polite: 인사합니다 (insa-hamnida)

Past:
• Informal low: 인사했어 (insa-haess-eo)
• Polite informal: 인사했어요 (insa-haess-eo-yo)
• Formal polite: 인사했습니다 (insa-haess-eubnida)

Future (using the construction “will”):
• Informal low: 인사할 거야 (insa-hal geoya)
• Polite informal: 인사할 거예요 (insa-hal geos-e-yo)
• Formal polite: 인사할 것입니다 (insa-hal geos-imnida)

Examples of sentences:
• I greet my friend every morning.
→ 나는 매일 아침 친구에게 인사해. (Na-neun mae-il achim chin-gu-e-ge insa-hae.)
• Yesterday, he greeted me warmly.
→ 어제 그는 나에게 인사했어요. (Eo-je geu-neun na-e-ge insa-haess-eo-yo.)
• Tomorrow, she will greet her teacher politely.
→ 내일 그녀는 선생님께 인사할 거예요. (Nae-il geu-nyeo-neun seon-saeng-nim-kke insa-hal geos-e-yo.)

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