What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of 인스타그램 (Instagram) and 있어요? (do you have/is there?).
Which one should you use?
While 인스타그램 있어요? is a standard way to ask if someone has the app, 인스타그램을 하시나요? specifically asks "Do you use Instagram?" and 인스타그램 계정 있으신가요? is a more precise way to ask "Do you have an Instagram account?"
How does it change in a sentence?
The form 인스타그램 있어요? uses the polite ending -어요, making it appropriate for speaking to acquaintances or people you are not close with. In casual settings with friends or people younger than you, you can drop the -요 to create the informal version 인스타그램 있어?
How do you pronounce it?
inseutageuraem isseoyo?
When do people say it?
When someone asks you this, a standard affirmative response is 네, 있어요 (Yes, I have it) and a standard negative response is 아니요, 없어요 (No, I don't have it).
Did you know?
- Rather than just asking for a handle, Koreans often use the term 맞팔 (mat-pal), a portmanteau of 'mutual' and 'follow', to suggest following each other back immediately.
- If you want to ask for someone's specific handle after confirming they use the app, you can ask for their '아이디' (ID). In Korea, 'ID' is the standard term used for a social media username.
- While 'Instagram' is a loanword, it is often shortened in casual digital slang or written as '인스타' (insta). You might hear someone ask 인스타 해요? instead of the full name.
Examples in context
- 진짜 인스타 있어?Do you really have Instagram?
- 혹시 인스타그램 있어요?hoksi inseutageuraem isseoyo?By any chance, do you have Instagram?
- 민지 씨, 인스타그램 있어요?Minji ssi, inseutageuraem isseoyo?Minji, do you have Instagram?
- 그분도 인스타그램 있어요?geubundo inseutageuraem isseoyo?Does that person have Instagram too?
Example conversation
Dohyun and Minji meet for the first time at a cafe.
- 도현 Do-hyeon반가워요. 인스타그램 있어요?bangawoyo. inseutageuraem isseoyo?Nice to meet you. Do you have Instagram?
- 민지 Min-ji네, 있어요. 알려 드릴게요.ne, isseoyo. allyeo deurilgeyo.Yes, I do. I'll let you know mine.
- 도현 Do-hyeon감사합니다. 지금 팔로우할게요.gamsahamnida. jigeum pallowohalkeyo.Thank you. I'll follow you now.
- 민지 Min-ji네, 확인해 볼게요.ne, hwaginhae bolgeyo.Okay, I'll check it.
