Ending a networking conversation and planning a follow-up | Learn Korean in English

Korean lesson set in a contemporary Seoul everyday setting: At a professional networking event, two attendees politely end a conversation, exchange contact details, and agree how to frame the follow-up..

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Use Ending a networking conversation and planning a follow-up to practice Korean conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

이야기 나눌 수 있어서 즐거웠습니다.

ee-YAH-gee nah-NOOL soo ee-SUH-suh juhl-guh-WUT-SSUHM-nee-dah. I have enjoyed talking with you.
A

하지만 몇 분을 더 만나 봐야 할 것 같습니다.

hah-JEE-mahn myut-PPU-neul duh mahn-NAH BWAY-yah hal-GGUT GAT-SSUHM-nee-dah. But I should meet a few more people.
B

이해합니다. 이런 행사는 시간이 정말 빨리 지나가니까요.

ee-HEH-hahm-nee-dah. ee-RUHN HENG-sah-neun SHEE-GAHN-ee juhng-MAHL PPAHL-lee jee-nah-gah-NEE-kkah-yoh. I understand; this is the kind of event where time disappears quickly.
A

제가 가기 전에 연락처를 교환할 수 있을까요?

jeh-GAH GAH-gee JUHN-eh yuhl-LAHK-chuh-rul gyoh-HWAHN-hal soo ee-SSEUL-kkah-yoh. Before I go, could we exchange contact details?
B

좋습니다. 나중에 이 대화를 계속 이어 가고 싶습니다.

joh-SSUHM-nee-dah. nah-JOONG-eh ee deh-HWAH-rul gyeh-SOHK ee-UH GAH-goh SHIM-SSUHM-nee-dah. I would like that. I want to continue this conversation later.
A

우리 대화 주제에 대한 짧은 메모를 남겨 두면 후속 연락이 더 쉬울 것 같습니다.

oo-REE deh-HWAH JOO-jeh-eh deh-HAHN JJAL-buhn MEH-moh-rul nahm-GYUH DOO-myuhn hoo-SOHK yuhl-LAH-gee duh SHWEE-ool GUT GAT-SSUHM-nee-dah. A short note about our topic would make the follow-up easier.
B

업무 흐름에 대해 나눈 이야기를 언급해 주세요. 그러면 맥락을 알 수 있을 겁니다.

uhm-MOO huh-RUHM-eh deh-HEH nah-NOON ee-YAH-gee-rul uhn-GUHP-heh joo-SEH-yoh. guh-ruh-MYUN maeng-NAH-guhl AHL-SSOO ee-SSEUL GUHM-nee-dah. Mention the workflow discussion, and I will know the context.
A

구체적인 사례를 공유해 주셔서 감사했습니다.

goo-CHEH-juh-gin sah-RYEH-rul gong-YOO-heh joo-SHUH-suh gahm-sah-HET-SSUHM-nee-dah. I appreciated the concrete examples you shared.
B

질문을 해 주셔서 제가 그것들을 더 명확하게 설명할 수 있었습니다.

jeel-MOO-neul heh joo-SHUH-suh jeh-GAH guh-GUT-tuh-rul duh myung-HWAK-kah-geh suhl-MYUNG-hal soo ee-SUT-SSUHM-nee-dah. Your questions helped me explain them more clearly.

Word by Word

이야기 이야기 means conversation or talk in 이야기 나눌 수 있어서, referring to the conversation the speakers have shared. It is useful in polite professional conversations when referring to a discussion rather than a formal presentation.
나눌 나눌 is the form of 나누다 used in 이야기 나눌 수 있어서, where it means having or sharing a conversation together. It appears before 수 to form the possibility expression, and is useful when describing an activity that people can do together.
수 수 expresses possibility or ability in 이야기 나눌 수 있어서. The whole phrase means that it was possible to talk together; 수 is reused after a verb form to discuss whether an action is possible.
있어서 있어서 completes 이야기 나눌 수 있어서 and gives the reason for the speaker’s enjoyment: because they could talk together. It is useful for connecting a reason to a polite statement about a situation.
즐거웠습니다 즐거웠습니다 means that the experience was enjoyable, here referring to the conversation with the other person. It is a polite past expression useful when closing a pleasant meeting or activity.
하지만 하지만 introduces a contrast: the speaker enjoyed the conversation, but now needs to meet other people. It is useful for moving politely from a positive statement to a different practical point.
몇 몇 means an unspecified small number in 몇 분, here referring to a few more people. It is used before a counter or noun when the exact number is not given.
분을 분을 means people as the object of 만나, with 을 marking the object; 몇 분 is a polite way to refer to several people. It is useful in formal or respectful speech when talking about meeting people.
더 더 means additionally or more in 몇 분을 더 만나. It shows that the speaker plans to meet people in addition to the person already being addressed, and it commonly comes before the action or quantity being increased.
만나 만나 means meet in 만나 봐야 할 것 같습니다. It supplies the action that is combined with 봐야, and is useful when describing meeting another person as part of a larger plan.
봐야 봐야 contributes the sense that the speaker needs to carry out the meeting in 만나 봐야 할 것 같습니다. Its exact meaning comes from the whole construction, which presents the action as something the speaker has to do.
할 할 is the form of 하다 used in 만나 봐야 할 것 같습니다, where it describes the thing the speaker needs to do. It is useful before 것 in a cautious statement about an expected or necessary action.
것 것 refers to the situation or action described by 만나 봐야 할 in 만나 봐야 할 것 같습니다. Together with 같습니다, it lets the speaker present the need to meet more cautiously rather than as a blunt command.
같습니다 같습니다 means seems or I think in 만나 봐야 할 것 같습니다. The expression is useful in professional speech when giving an opinion or expectation politely and cautiously.
이해합니다 이해합니다 means I understand and acknowledges the other speaker’s explanation about the event. It is useful as a polite response showing that the listener accepts or follows another person’s point.
이런 이런 means this kind of or such and modifies 행사 in 이런 행사는. It is useful when referring to the type of event currently being discussed without naming the category again.
행사는 행사는 means this kind of event as the topic, with 는 marking 행사 as what the sentence discusses. In this dialogue it introduces the event’s effect on time, and the same topic pattern is useful when describing an event or situation.
시간이 시간이 means time as the subject of 지나가니까요, with 이 marking the subject. It is useful when describing what time does or how time changes in a situation.
정말 정말 means really and emphasizes 빨리 in 시간이 정말 빨리 지나가니까요. It is useful when stressing that an observation is especially true in the situation being discussed.
빨리 빨리 means quickly and describes how time passes in 시간이 정말 빨리 지나가니까요. It is useful before an action to describe its speed or manner.
지나가니까요 지나가니까요 means because time passes quickly in this dialogue and gives the reason for understanding why the speaker must move on. It is useful at the end of a polite explanation when adding a reason for the preceding point.
제가 제가 means I as the subject in 제가 가기 전에, identifying the person who will leave. It is useful when the speaker needs to make the subject of an action explicit.
가기 가기 means going or leaving in 제가 가기 전에, where the action is treated as a time reference. It is the form of 가다 used before 전에 and is useful for saying that something happens before or after an action.
전에 전에 means before and places the requested exchange earlier than the speaker’s leaving in 제가 가기 전에. It is useful after a noun or action treated as a noun to set a time limit.
연락처를 연락처를 means contact details as the object of 교환할, with 를 marking the object. It is useful when discussing exchanging or requesting the information needed for later communication.
교환할 교환할 means exchange in 연락처를 교환할 수 있을까요. It is the form of 교환하다 used before the possibility expression, and the whole phrase politely asks whether the contact details can be exchanged.
있을까요 있을까요 makes 연락처를 교환할 수 있을까요 a tentative, polite question about possibility. It is useful when making a request without sounding overly direct.
좋습니다 좋습니다 means sounds good or agreed in response to the proposal to exchange contact details. It is useful as a polite acceptance of a suggestion or arrangement.
나중에 나중에 means later and places the continuation of the conversation in the future. It is useful when referring to a later stage of a meeting, conversation, or follow-up.
이 이 means this and modifies 대화를 in 이 대화를, pointing to the conversation the speakers are having now. It is useful before a noun when referring to something close in the current context.
대화를 대화를 means conversation as the object of 계속 이어 가고 싶습니다, with 를 marking what will be continued. It is useful when discussing continuing, ending, or reviewing a conversation.
계속 계속 means continuously or further and emphasizes that the conversation should not end permanently in 계속 이어 가고 싶습니다. It is useful before an action when expressing continuation.
이어 이어 contributes the meaning carry on in 이어 가고 싶습니다. The whole expression means to continue the conversation, and 이어 is useful in expressions describing one activity or discussion being carried forward.
가고 가고 is part of 이어 가고 싶습니다, where 가다 combines with 이어 to express carrying something on. The connective form comes before 싶습니다, and the whole phrase expresses the desire to continue.
싶습니다 싶습니다 means want to in 이어 가고 싶습니다 and presents the speaker’s wish politely. It is useful after a verb expression ending in 고 when stating a desired action.
우리 우리 means our or shared by the speakers in 우리 대화 주제. It identifies the conversation as belonging to both participants, and it is useful before a noun to show a shared relationship.
대화 대화 means conversation in 우리 대화 주제, where it identifies what the topic belongs to. It is useful as a noun when referring to an exchange of ideas between people.
주제에 주제에 means to or about the topic in 우리 대화 주제에 대한 짧은 메모. Here 에 links 주제 to 대한, so the whole phrase describes a note about the topic.
대한 대한 means about or regarding in 주제에 대한 짧은 메모. It connects the topic to the following noun and is useful after a noun when specifying what another noun concerns.
짧은 짧은 means short and modifies 메모 in 짧은 메모. It is useful before a noun when describing limited length or brevity.
메모를 메모를 means note as the object of 남겨 두면, with 를 marking what is left. It is useful when referring to a written reminder or brief record that someone leaves for later use.
남겨 남겨 means leave in 남겨 두면, where it describes leaving a note in place. The whole expression 남겨 두면 means if the note is left there, and 남겨 is useful before 두다 in this meaning.
두면 두면 contributes the conditional meaning if one leaves or keeps it in 남겨 두면. It presents the note as a preparation whose result is that follow-up contact becomes easier.
후속 후속 means follow-up in 후속 연락, describing communication that happens after the event or initial conversation. It is useful before a noun when referring to a later step connected to an earlier interaction.
연락이 연락이 means contact or communication as the subject of 쉬울, with 이 marking the subject. In this dialogue it refers to the later communication, and it is useful when discussing whether communication will be easy.
쉬울 쉬울 means will be easier in 후속 연락이 더 쉬울 것 같습니다. It describes the expected result of leaving a note and is useful before 것 같습니다 when making a cautious prediction.
업무 업무 means work or business in 업무 흐름, referring to the professional work being discussed. It is useful in professional contexts when identifying work-related activities or processes.
흐름에 흐름에 means about the workflow in 업무 흐름에 대해. Here 에 works with 대해 to identify the subject of the discussion, and the pattern is useful for specifying what a conversation concerns.
대해 대해 means about or regarding in 업무 흐름에 대해. Together with the preceding noun, it identifies the subject of the discussion and is useful in the pattern noun plus 에 대해.
나눈 나눈 means shared or discussed in 나눈 이야기, referring to the conversation the speakers had together. It is the form of 나누다 used to describe the 이야기, and it is useful when identifying a discussion that has already taken place.
이야기를 이야기를 means the conversation or discussion as the object of 언급해 주세요, with 를 marking what should be mentioned. Here it refers specifically to the discussion about workflow, and it is useful with actions such as mentioning or reviewing a conversation.
언급해 언급해 means mention in 언급해 주세요. It is the action requested from the other speaker, and it is useful before 주세요 when politely asking someone to mention a specific subject.
주세요 주세요 makes 언급해 주세요 a polite request to mention the workflow discussion. It is useful after a verb form ending in 해 when asking another person to do something.
그러면 그러면 means then or in that case and connects the requested mention with the expected result: the speaker will understand the context. It is useful for introducing a consequence or next step.
맥락을 맥락을 means context as the object of 알, with 를 marking what can be understood. It is useful when referring to the background needed to understand a later message or discussion.
알 알 means know or understand in 맥락을 알 수 있을 겁니다. It supplies the understanding action inside the possibility expression, and it is useful before 수 when discussing whether someone can understand something.
있을 있을 contributes the ability or possibility meaning in 알 수 있을 겁니다. The whole phrase means will be able to understand, and this form is useful in polite statements about expected ability.
겁니다 겁니다 presents the result as an expected future outcome in 알 수 있을 겁니다: the speaker will be able to understand the context. It is useful when making a confident but polite prediction about what will happen.
구체적인 구체적인 means concrete or specific and modifies 사례 in 구체적인 사례를. It is useful in professional discussion when asking for details grounded in particular cases rather than general statements.
사례를 사례를 means examples or cases as the object of 공유해, with 를 marking what was shared. It is useful when referring to concrete cases that support a professional explanation.
공유해 공유해 means share in 공유해 주셔서. It describes the helpful action for which the speaker expresses thanks, and it is useful before 주셔서 when politely acknowledging someone’s contribution.
주셔서 주셔서 contributes the polite sense of someone doing something as a favor in 공유해 주셔서 감사했습니다. The whole phrase thanks the other person for sharing, and this form is useful when expressing gratitude for another person’s helpful action.
감사했습니다 감사했습니다 means was grateful or appreciated in 공유해 주셔서 감사했습니다. It is a polite past expression used to thank someone for an action that has already helped the speaker.
질문을 질문을 means questions as the object of 해, with 를 marking what was asked. In 질문을 해 주셔서, it identifies the questions that helped the other speaker explain the examples.
해 해 means do in 질문을 해 주셔서, where the combination 질문을 하다 means ask questions. It is useful in this construction before 주셔서 to thank someone politely for asking.
그것들을 그것들을 means them as the object of 설명할, referring back to the concrete examples. The form is useful when pointing back to already identified plural things that someone explains or discusses.
명확하게 명확하게 means clearly and describes how the examples were explained in 더 명확하게 설명할 수 있었습니다. It is useful before a verb when describing clarity or manner.
설명할 설명할 means explain in 설명할 수 있었습니다. It is the form of 설명하다 used before 수, and the whole phrase expresses that the speaker was able to explain the examples.
있었습니다 있었습니다 completes 설명할 수 있었습니다 and expresses past ability: the speaker was able to explain the examples. It is useful after a verb form plus 수 when describing something that was successfully possible in the past.

Grammar Points

V-기 전에

가기 전에 연락처를 교환할 수 있을까요

GAH-gee JUHN-eh yuhl-LAHK-chuh-rul gyoh-HWAHN-hal soo ee-SSEUL-kkah-yoh

Could we exchange contact details before I go?

Attach -기 전에 to a verb to express that one action happens before another.

V-(으)ㄹ 수 있다

구체적인 사례를 명확하게 설명할 수 있었습니다

goo-CHEH-juh-gin sah-RYEH-rul myung-HWAK-kah-geh suhl-MYUNG-hal soo ee-SUT-SSUHM-nee-dah

I was able to explain a specific example clearly.

Use -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 to express ability or possibility; the past form 수 있었습니다 means “was able to.”

Korean Vocabulary

가기 전에 phrase
GAH-gee JUHN-eh before I go
만나 봐야 할 것 같습니다 phrase
mahn-NAH BWAY-yah hal-GGUT GAT-SSUHM-nee-dah I think I should meet
몇 분 phrase
myut-PPUN a few people
빨리 adv
PPAHL-lee quickly
시간 noun
SHEE-GAHN time
연락처 noun
yuhl-LAHK-chuh contact details
이런 det
ee-RUHN this kind of; such
이야기 나눌 수 있어서 phrase
ee-YAH-gee nah-NOOL soo ee-SUH-suh because I could talk with you
이해합니다 verb
ee-HEH-hahm-nee-dah understand
정말 adv
juhng-MAHL really
즐거웠습니다 adj
juhl-guh-WUT-SSUHM-nee-dah was enjoyable
행사 noun
HENG-sah event

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

I have enjoyed talking with you.

Show Answer이야기 나눌 수 있어서 즐거웠습니다.

I appreciated the concrete examples you shared.

Show Answer구체적인 사례를 공유해 주셔서 감사했습니다.

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

was enjoyable

Show Answer즐거웠습니다

understand

Show Answer이해합니다

this kind of; such

Show Answer이런

contact details

Show Answer연락처