How to Say “Have a good day” in Korean: 좋은 하루 되세요

좋은 하루 되세요

joeun haru doeseyo

Situation: Greetings & basicsLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

Have a good day.

A polite parting wish for someone’s day. Swap the noun to say things like 좋은 주말 되세요 (have a nice weekend).

Romanization follows the Revised Romanization system and is a guide to pronunciation.

Syllables: 7 · Words: 3

Said aloud, it sounds like [조은 하루 되세요].

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
좋은
좋	ㅈ+ㅗ+ㅎ	[조] jo
은	ㅇ+ㅡ+ㄴ	eun
하루
하	ㅎ+ㅏ	ha
루	ㄹ+ㅜ	ru
되세요
되	ㄷ+ㅚ	doe
세	ㅅ+ㅔ	se
요	ㅇ+ㅛ	yo

A ㅇ at the start of a syllable is silent; at the end of a syllable it sounds like “ng”.

Silent ㅎ: a final ㅎ (including the ㅎ inside ㄶ and ㅀ) is not pronounced before a vowel. 좋은 → [조은]

Style: Polite (해요체)Sentence type: Statement or set phrase

Ends in -요. The everyday polite style, and a safe choice with shop staff, colleagues, strangers and anyone older than you.

It contains the honorific -(으)시-, which shows respect to the person being talked about or talked to.

These words from the TOPIK vocabulary lists appear in the phrase (shown in dictionary form).

Korean	Part of speech	Meaning	Level
좋다	adjective	good, nice	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “좋은 하루 되세요” mean?

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Answer: Have a good day

Question 2 How do you say “Have a good day” in Korean?

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Answer: 좋은 하루 되세요 joeun haru doeseyo

Question 3 How is “좋은 하루 되세요” pronounced?

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Answer: [조은 하루 되세요]

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