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I Love You in Korean

October 5, 2008 at 5:56 am | In Phrases | 13 Comments
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This is one of the frequently asked question in Yahoo Answers, how do you say ‘I Love You’ in Korean’? Well the most common way to say it is:

사랑해요 (Saranghaeyo) but intimately this can be simply said — 사랑해 (Saranghae). You may also hear it uttered this way 너를 사랑해 (Neoreul Saranghae) or 너를 사랑해요 (Neoreul Saranghaeyo). Note that 너를 (neoreul) is added which is actually 너 (neo which means you) and the object particle 를 (reul) so the word you becomes the object of the verb Saranghae. This is oftentimes dropped specially if you are talking directly to the person which makes ‘you’ obvious during conversation.

You may probably heard of 사랑합니다 (Saranghamnida) which is the formal version, well this is not commonly used during conversation. As mentioned in previous post verb ending -ㅂ니다 is formal polite, the style that you use for formal conversation. This however is widely used in some songs.

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pues grasias por la ayuda de verdad

Comment by yisell — February 4, 2009 #

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me encanto quiero aprender coriano y lo boyases ok grasias

Comment by yisell — February 4, 2009 #

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hi there.. how am I going to say “Leader, marry me?” hehe.. thanks^^

Comment by lychee — August 5, 2009 #

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- it would be better to say his name
  씨 저와 결혼할 거에요?
  sshi chowa kyeolhonhal koeyo?
  or you can use sunbae (to mean someone senior)
  
  Comment by janey_bei — August 5, 2009 #
  
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wow, your page is really great!

Comment by ss — August 25, 2009 #

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how to say ‘i love u too’?

Comment by rzieya — October 3, 2009 #

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- 나도 너를 사랑해요 – Nado neoreul saranghaeyo. this when someone says i love you and you want to reply i love you too. literally this means ‘Me too, love you’. So it is reciprocating once statement.
  
  Comment by janey_bei — October 3, 2009 #
  
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This is really helpful. I’ve saved this site in my email.

Comment by Jessy — October 9, 2009 #

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what does zo-ah-hae-yo means?

Comment by ashlynn — November 9, 2009 #

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- hmmm this is the problem with romanization, you can’t figure out the exact word but i think you mean 좋아해요 (choahaeyo or joahaeyo). This means ‘I like you’ or something is liked or good for the person talking.
  
  Comment by janey_bei — November 12, 2009 #
  
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  - hmm. well, I think you could be able to, by seeing which sounds right and which doesn’t?
    
    here’s some info I found while doing a quick search.
    
    However to say someone likes something, one can use 좋아세요 (choaseyo) or 좋아해요 (choahaeyo).
    
    Comment by Jessica Harris — November 13, 2009 #
This is true for common words but nevertheless it always best to see the actual words in Hangul. Right you use 좋아세요 if you want to mean someone esteemed likes something or someone. 좋아해요 is used to express your own thoughts and can take direct object.

Comment by janey_bei — November 14, 2009 #

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I wasn’t saying anything about using Romanization. I just copied all that from a site, ok? but since we’re on the subject, Romanization can be helpful at first, to know what the letters are in English.

Comment by Jessy Harris — November 15, 2009 #

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