Unit 8: Telling Time

🍊 Level 2 · Beginner Grammar

Unit 8: Telling Time

Telling time in Easy Korean requires knowing both the Native Korean numbers and the Sino-Korean numbers!

Hours (Native Korean Numbers + μ‹œ)

We use Native Korean numbers for the hour (μ‹œ). - 1:00 -> ν•œ μ‹œ (not ν•˜λ‚˜ μ‹œ) - 2:00 -> 두 μ‹œ (not λ‘˜ μ‹œ) - 3:00 -> μ„Έ μ‹œ - 4:00 -> λ„€ μ‹œ - 5:00 -> λ‹€μ„― μ‹œ ... - 12:00 -> 열두 μ‹œ

Minutes (Sino-Korean Numbers + λΆ„)

We use Sino-Korean numbers for the minute (λΆ„). - 10 minutes -> μ‹­ λΆ„ - 15 minutes -> μ‹­μ˜€ λΆ„ - 30 minutes -> μ‚Όμ‹­ λΆ„ (or 반 meaning "half")

Examples

  • μ§€κΈˆ λͺ‡ μ‹œμ˜ˆμš”? (What time is it now?)
  • μ„Έ μ‹œ μ‹­μ˜€ λΆ„μ΄μ—μš”. (It is 3:15.)
  • μ—΄ μ‹œ λ°˜μ— λ§Œλ‚˜μš”. (Let's meet at 10:30.)
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