How to say "Say hello!" in Korean
Or really anything like "Say '___'"
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THE ANSWER IS: "안녕하세요"라고 말씀하세요 (말하라, 말씀하십시오...)!/안녕하세요"라고 하세요 (하라, 하십시오...)!
In Korean, the situation is such:
1) you can use "-라고" and add before it the direct speech:
엄마는 저한테 "왜 숙제 안 하니?"라고 말했다.
Mum told me: "Why don't you do your homework?"
2) for the indirect speech, the situation is a bit more difficult:
a) when we have the narrative, we use "-ㄴ다고, -는다고, -다고"
-ㄴ다고 for the verbs of action that don't have 받침
-는다고 for the verbs of action that have 받침
-다고 for the adjectives (verbs of state), verbs of action with -았(었,였)- and -겠-
매리는 그 꽃이 참 예쁘다고 했다. Mary said that this flower is very beautiful.
b) when we have the question, we use "-(으)냐고"
-냐고 for the verbs that don't have 받침
-으냐고 for the verbs that have 받침
김 선생님은 제가 왜 연습을 안 하냐고 물어봤다. Our teacher Kim asked me why I didn't do the exercise.
c) when we have the order, we use "-라고"
형은 저한테 청소를 하라고 했다. Brother told me to clean up.
d) when we have the urge, we use "-자고"
애니는 극장에 가자고 했다. Annie said: "Let's go to the theater."
e) for the verb "이다" we have "-(이)라고"
-라고 for the nouns that don't have 받침
-이라고 for the nouns that have 받침
그분은 "반지의 제왕"이 아주 재미있는 책이라고 했다. He said that "The Lord of the Rings" is a very interesting book.
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Do you mean like...literally telling someone to say hello to another person?
인사 해. <---informal.
인사 해요. <-----Polite.
You're telling someone to greet the other person.
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안녕 = An nyoung = hello, (informal)
안녕하세요 = An nyoung ha seh yo = hello, (formal)
여보세요 = yaw bo seh yo = hello on a telephone
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Or you can try this ;
안녕하세요. [annyeong-haseyo] = Hello.
안녕하세요. [annyeong-haseyo] = Hi.
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