Lesson 14
Welcome to another lesson in the series Advanced Situational Expressions. In this lesson, we will introduce how to agree with someone. In addition to the basic, “Yes (= 네)”, there are a lot of expressions you can use to make your Korean sound more natural and fluent. Be sure to practice all of the phrases introduced in this lesson, and try using them at least once, as soon as you can.
1. 네.
= Yes.
2. 맞아요.
(formal) 맞습니다.
= That is right. / That is correct.
3. 그렇죠.
(formal) 그렇습니다.
= That is right. / That is true.
4. 좋아요.
(formal) 좋습니다.
= Good. / Sounds good. / I like the idea.
5. 물론이죠.
(formal) 물론입니다.
= Of course. / Sure. / For sure.
* 물론 literally means, “No discussion”.
6. 당연하죠!
= Of course!
7. 그럼요!
= Sure!
* This is actually a rhetorical question because it literally means, “If not, then what?”
** The standard pronunciation of 그럼요 is [그러묘], but most people pronounce it as [그럼뇨].
8. 바로 그거죠!
(formal) 바로 그겁니다!
= Exactly! / That is what I am saying!
9. 좋은 생각이에요.
(formal) 좋은 생각입니다.
= That is a good idea.
10. 저도 그렇게 생각해요.
(formal) 저도 같은 생각입니다.
= I think so too. / My thoughts exactly.
11. 그렇게 하면 되겠네요.
= That will do. / That will work.
12. 알겠어요.
= I got it. / I see.
* 알았어요 has a similar meaning but is not as polite.
13. 그럼 그렇게 해요.
(formal) 그럼 그렇게 하시죠.
= Then let us do it that way.
14. 안 될 거 없죠.
= Why not? / There is no reason we cannot do it that way.
* “왜 안 돼요?” has a similar meaning; both of these come from English expressions.
15. 찬성이에요.
(formal) 찬성입니다.
= I agree.
* You can also add 저는 and say, “저는 찬성이에요” or, “저는 찬성해요” especially when you would like to imply that you somewhat agree but you are not sure what others think.