I.

. = Hello. / Hi. / How are you? / Good afternoon. / Good evening. / etc...

+ = . [an-nyeong] [ha-se-yo]

= well-being, peace, health

= you do, do you?, please do

is the most common way of greeting someone in Korean, and is in 존댓말 [jondaetmal], polite/formal language. When someone greets you with 안녕하세요, you can simply greet the person back with 안녕하세요.

: 안녕하세요. [annyeong-haseyo] = Hello.

: 안녕하세요. [annyeong-haseyo] = Hi.

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II.

. = Thank you.

+ = . [gam-sa] [hap-ni-da]

= appreciation, thankfulness, gratitude

= I do, I am doing

감사합니다 is the most commonly used formal way of saying "Thank you." 감사 means "grati- tude" and 합니다 means "I do" or "I am doing" in 존댓말, polite/formal language, so together it means "Thank you." You can use this expression, 감사합니다, whenever you want to say "Thank you." in English.