1/8/2023 0 Comments Korean word of the day![]() It’s important to note that we generally use these expressions when we’re saying goodbye to someone who’s leaving a place where we’re expected to stay, such as our home and our offices. This is still a respectful way of saying goodbye, as the verb is in a polite and honorific form. So together 안녕히 가세요 means ‘please be on your way peacefully, comfortably’. 안녕히 is an adverb, which means ‘peacefully, comfortably,’ and 가세요 is the polite honorific form of 가, so it means ‘go’. Then, we need to use a more respectful version of 잘가, and it’s 안녕히 가세요. However, let’s imagine that the person visiting your home is your grandmother, your teacher, or a family friend who’s much older than you. This is a casual form of goodbye in Korean, so we can say it to friends, or close family members who are of similar age. 잘 is an adverb that means ‘well’, and 가 is a verb that means ‘go’, so literal meaning of 잘 가 is ‘go well’. To say goodbye to a friend who’s about to leave your home, you can say ‘잘 가’. Your friend wants to borrow a book, and after a brief catch up, the friend is about to leave. So let’s imagine that a friend came by to your house. ![]() You’re staying and the other person is leaving
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