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[Radius]

when i buy something, then as im leaving i swear they're saying an-young-haseyo. which i know theyre saying goodbye, but my ears cant differentiate between the two. have you noticed this?

[toadhjo]

They're saying 안녕히 가세요 (annyeonghi kaseyo).

If you hear it enough times, you'll probably be able to hear the difference. Although definitely when they say it fast, if sounds very similar, if not exactly the same.

[dragon777]

What do we say if we are leaving and saying goodbye in reply? This

confuses me.

[blackjack]

안녕히 계세요 Annyeonghi gyaesaeyo

or you can just answer nae (yes), a little rude but okay esp. if they are younger than you

What they are saying is 안녕히 가세요 I hope you leave well
whereas 안녕히 계세요 is more like I hope you stay well. (roughly).

Compare this with hello 안녕하세요 which is I hope you are well (roughly).

My korean is terrible but this was how it was explained to me

[seoulsucker]

A black friend of mine swears they're saying "Ay ni**a say 'yo!'" whenever he leaves.

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[nobbyken]

Colloquial usage usually drops of the 히, he, sound when saying goodbye.
Especially in shops where they say it so many times an hour.
Sounds very similar to saying hello. I would recommend learners drop it too, using Korean colloquial speech is always much easier than textbook stuff.

School students never drop the 히 sound though.

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[beercanman]

simple

"an ya sa yo"

always the same

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[tzechuk]

I have been here for close to 10 years and this is one thing I could never figure out - anyeong hi-GAH-se-yo vs. anyeong hi-GAEH-se-yo. My ex-husband, over the course of the 10 years we were together, tried to explain it to me, but I never managed to remember it... or may be I just never cared enough.

If people say *anyeong-hi-GAH/GAEH se-yo* to me, I just reply by saying *bye*... or if they are friends, I reply with *chal-ga-yo*. Mostly I say bye

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[blackjack]

[beercanman]

[tzechuk]

Hehehe... I find mumbling helps... they don't REALLY care what you say, to be honest. When I was still married, I would mumble something to my ex-MIL in Korean and she'd think I was saying one of those... but she almost always expected me to just use English anyway.