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Today’s Phrase
어서 오세요
eo·seo o·se·yo
eoseo oseyo
Welcome / Please come in
Cultural Insight
어서 오세요 is one of the most heard phrases in Korea. From small convenience stores to large department stores, you will hear it constantly. Some shops even play recordings of it. It is deeply embedded in Korean service culture.
Phrase Breakdown
어서
eoseo
quickly, right away
An adverb urging promptness
오세요
oseyo
please come
오다 (come) + -세요 (polite request)
Literally ‘please come quickly’ — a warm invitation for customers to enter.
Example Phrases
어서 오세요! 몇 분이세요?
Eoseo oseyo! Myeot buniseyo?
Welcome! How many people (in your party)?
몇 분 uses the honorific counter 분 for people.
어서 오세요, 찾으시는 것 있으세요?
Eoseo oseyo, chajeuosineun geot isseoseyo?
Welcome, are you looking for something?
찾으시다 is honorific 찾다.
어서 들어오세요!
Eoseo deureo oseyo!
Please come right in!
들어오다 means ‘to come inside’.
Related Phrases
안녕히 가세요
annyeonghi gaseyo
Goodbye (to one leaving)
Said when the customer or guest departs.
또 오세요
tto oseyo
Please come again
Encourages customers to return.
감사합니다, 또 오세요
gamsahamnida, tto oseyo
Thank you, please come again
Standard farewell in service settings.
Quick Review
도와드릴까요?
Can you recall what this means?
dowadeurilkkayo?
May I help you?