Korean vocabulary — time, date (day, month, year), days of the week…

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This article will be all about time, date (year, month, day), days of the week, seasons, and etc in Korean. Click here to learn about the two sets of numbers in Korean.

Year 년

Sino-Korean numbers + 년 (year)

Example: 2021 = 이천이십일년

Last year = 작년

This year = 올해

Next year = 내년

Four seasons 사계절

Spring = 봄

Summer = 여름

Autumn = 가을

Winter = 겨울

Month 월

Sino-Korean numbers + 월 (months)

*Be careful on June and October, as they are not the same as just the number 육 and 십

January = 일월

February = 이월

March = 삼월

April = 사월

May = 오월

June = *유월

July = 칠월

August = 팔월

September = 구월

October = *시월

November = 십일월

December = 십이월

Last month = 지난달

This month = 이번 달

Next month = 다음 달

Days of the week 요일

Monday = 월요일

Tuesday = 화요일

Wednesday = 수요일

Thursday = 목요일

Friday = 금요일

Saturday = 토요일

Sunday = 일요일

Weekend = 주말

Last week = 지난주

This week = 이번 주

Next week = 다음 주

Date 날짜

Sino-Korean numbers + 일 (day)

Example: 1st = 일일;31st = 삼십일일

I won’t be listing every day here.

Three days ago (Two days before yesterday) = 그끄저께

The day before yesterday = 그저께

Yesterday = 어제

Today = 오늘

Tomorrow = 내일

The day after tomorrow = 모레

Three days from today (2 days after tomorrow) = 글피

Time 시간

Daytime = 낮

Morning = 아침

Noon = 점심

AM= 오전

Evening, night = 밤

PM = 오후

Evening = 저녁

Dawn = 새벽

Second = 초

Minute = 분

Hour = 시

Hour (duration) = 시간

Example: 3:15PM = 오후 3시 15분 — Use Sino-Korean numbers

2 hours = 두시간 — Use pure Korean numbers

One day = 하루

Two days = 이틀

Three days = 사흘

Four days = 나흘

Five days = 닷새

Six days = 엿새

Seven days = 이레

Eight days = 여드레

Nine days = 아흐레

Ten days = 열흘

After that, you can use Sino-Korean numbers (i.e. 11일, 12일…)

One week = 일주일

One month = 한 달

One year = 한 해 / 일 년

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