Your Korea trip starts before the flight
Going to Korea in three months? Learn what you may hear.
Prepare for the short questions cashiers, cafe staff, drivers, and hotel teams may ask. Recognize the key words, choose one polite reply, and save exact details on your phone.
- Polite Korean for adult situations
- Likely replies translated
- Full-screen cards for staff
- Official sources for changing details
In a taxi
기사님, 이 주소로 가 주세요.
Please go to this address.
Hear it
Recognize the short question before you translate every word.
Answer it
Choose one polite reply that fits what you actually want.
Show it
Open large Korean text when addresses, allergies, or payment details must be exact.
Start three months before departure
Practice the questions that can catch travelers off guard.
Open the 90-day planSave for the trip
Keep the right guide ready for each travel moment.
See all 11 guidesAirport arrival
Get from arrivals to your first train, bus, or taxi without guessing.
Landing is easier when you can ask one precise question and recognize the short answer. These phrases cover the path from baggage claim to your first ride into the city.
Open guideSubway & T-money
Buy, top up, transfer, and find the right exit with short polite Korean.
Seoul transit signs are multilingual, but ticket machines, card problems, and transfers still create stressful moments. Use these short questions at a station or convenience store.
Open guideTaxi
Handle the ride from pickup to receipt without sounding abrupt.
A Korean address on screen does more work than a long explanation. These phrases help with the few moments when a driver still needs a clear instruction.
Open guideHotel
Solve the common hotel moments without translating a full paragraph.
Hotel staff often speak some English, but a short Korean phrase helps when the lobby is busy or you need to describe one specific room problem.
Open guideRestaurant
Move from the door to the bill with phrases staff hear every day.
Restaurant Korean becomes manageable when you use a noun plus 주세요 and ask dietary questions as complete sentences. This guide covers the full meal in order.
Open guideEmergency
Put the most important sentence and phone number on one screen.
In an emergency, say the danger first, then your location. Korea uses 112 for police and 119 for fire and ambulance. The 1330 Korea Travel Hotline can help with non-life-threatening travel support and interpretation.
Open guideUse the next 90 days
Turn recognition into a real conversation.
The web guide gets you through the moment. The Koko app lets you rehearse speaking and listening before the airport, dinner, meeting, or hotel desk.