English→Korean

Translate English to Korean like a local.

Korean with speech levels done right: 반말 with friends, 존댓말 with everyone else.

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474 local dialects

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What locals actually say

Did you eat?

밥 먹었어?

The classic Korean care-greeting in casual 반말; to an elder it becomes “식사하셨어요?”.

That's amazing!

대박!

“Daebak” is the natural exclamation; a dictionary translation would never find it.

Can I pay by card?

카드로 결제할 수 있어요?

결제하다 is the everyday Korean verb for making a payment, and 해요체 keeps the question neutral and polite.

How do I get to City Hall?

시청에 어떻게 가요?

어떻게 가요? is the natural Korean way to ask for directions, with 에 marking the destination.

My parents are coming this weekend.

이번 주말에 부모님이 오세요.

부모님 uses the honorific 님 for parents, and 오세요 uses the honorific verb 오시다 to show respect toward them.

Could you send me the file by noon?

오늘 정오까지 파일 보내 주실 수 있을까요?

보내 주실 수 있을까요? is a softened Korean business request that respectfully asks whether someone can do something for you.

It's going to rain later.

이따가 비 와요.

이따가 means later today, and 비 와요 is the common conversational expression for rain rather than a literal future construction.

Are we still on for tomorrow?

우리 내일 만나는 거 맞죠?

-는 거 맞죠? is a Korean confirmation pattern that checks whether a previously agreed plan is still valid.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Korean differs

South Korean. Match speech level to tone: 해요체 neutral-polite default, 합쇼체 formal business, 반말 only for clearly casual peer text; contemporary Seoul vocabulary and loanwords (아이스 아메리카노, 오케이 casually).

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