Calling Emergency Services

ililgu jom bulleo jwo!

Call 119 for me!

Urgent informal request; only use with friends, family, or younger people.

ililgue jeonhwahae juseyo.

Please call 119.

The standard polite way to ask a bystander for help.

gugeupchareul ppalli bonae jusipsio.

Please send an ambulance quickly.

Formal register, appropriate when speaking directly to the emergency operator.

yeogi buri nasseoyo!

There's a fire here!

Short and direct; '불이 나다' is the standard phrase for a fire breaking out.

keun gyotongsagoga nasseoyo.

There's been a big traffic accident.

Add '큰' (big) if it's a severe accident to ensure an urgent response.

sarami sseureojyeonneunde uisigi eopseoyo.

Someone collapsed and they are unconscious.

Uses the background connector '-는데' to link the event and the person's condition.

hwanjaga pireul mani heulligo itseumnida.

The patient is bleeding heavily.

Formal description of a serious injury to the dispatcher.

gyeongchare baro singohae juseyo.

Please report it to the police right away.

Used to ask someone nearby to contact the police for you.

gyeongchalgwaneul bonae jusigetseumnikka?

Could you send a police officer?

A formal request to the emergency operator using the honorific '-시-'.

nuga je jigabeul humchyeogasseoyo.

Someone stole my wallet.

Common everyday phrase for reporting theft.

jibe dodugi deun geot gatseumnida.

I think a thief broke into my house.

Uses the intermediate grammar '-(으)ㄴ 것 같다' (it seems that / I think that).

jigeum gangnamyeok ibeon chulgu apindeyo.

I'm in front of Gangnam Station exit 2 now.

Ending with '-ㄴ데요' provides background information naturally in conversation.

hyeonjae wichineun myeongdong ucheguk geuncheoimnida.

My current location is near the Myeongdong Post Office.

Clear, formal statement of location using standard vocabulary.

gugeupchaga eonjejjeum onayo?

About when will the ambulance arrive?

'언제쯤' implies 'approximately when'.

gugeupchaga gal ttaekkaji jeonhwareul kkeunchi maseyo.

Please don't hang up until the ambulance gets there.

Combines '-지 마세요' (please don't) and '-ㄹ 때까지' (until).

jeonhwa kkeunchi malgo jamsiman gidaryeo jusipsio.

Please don't hang up and wait a moment.

Very formal instruction; expect this exact phrasing from service operators.