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  3. 수고하세요

번역되지 않는 말 · Hard to translate

수고하세요 sugohaseyo

literally “please keep up the hard work”

thanks and goodbye to someone still working

Leaving a shop or an office, Koreans often say 수고하세요, "please keep up the hard work", to the person still working. It is thanks and goodbye in one, a nod to the effort the other person is still putting in. (To a boss or an elder, many find it a little presumptuous.) English says "have a good one" or "thanks", and both leave out the work.

수고하세요 (sugohaseyo): thanks and goodbye to someone still working

The closest English

  1. “have a good one”

    The friendly goodbye, without the nod to the effort.

  2. “thank you”

    Thanks for one thing. 수고하세요 recognises the whole shift.

  3. “keep up the good work”

    Sounds like a boss talking. Customers say 수고하세요 too.

In a sentence

감사합니다. 수고하세요!

Thank you. Have a good one!

Learn it in Life in Korea · Unit 10

Hoya says it

Hoya

점장님, 수고하세요! 내일 또 올게요.

Have a good shift, Manager! I'll be back tomorrow.

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