Unit 03

Making Appointment with Friends

친구와 약속하기 (I)
Making Appointment with Friends

Lesson

몇 시예요? [myeot si-ye-yo?]
What time is it?

  • [myeot] means "how many"
  • [si] means "hour"
  • 예요? [ye-yo?] means "is it?"
  • Literally means "how many, hour, is it?"

Use native numbers for hours.
number + 시 [si]

👉 한시 [han-si] One o'clock
👉 두시 [du-si] Two o'clock
👉 세시 [se-si] Three o'clock
👉 네시 [ne-si] Four o'clock
👉 다섯시 [da-seot-si] Five o'clock
👉 여섯시 [yeo-seot-si] Six o'clock
👉 일곱시 [il-gop-si] Seven o'clock
👉 여덟시 [yeo-deol-si] Eight o'clock
👉 아홉시 [a-hop-si] Nine o'clock
👉 열시 [yeol-si] Ten o'clock
👉 열한시 [yeol-han-si] Eleven o'clock
👉 열두시 [yeol-du-si] Twelve o'clock

Use Sino numbers for minutes.
number + 분 [bun]

👉 일분 [il-bun] One minute
👉 이분 [i-bun] Two minutes
👉 삼분 [sam-bun] Three minutes
👉 사분 [sa-bun] Four minutes
👉 오분 [o-bun] Five minutes
👉 육분 [yuk-bun] Six minutes
👉 칠분 [chil-bun] Seven minutes
👉 팔분 [pal-bun] Eight minutes
👉 구분 [gu-bun] Nine minutes
👉 십분 [sip-bun] Ten minutes
👉 이십분 [i-sip-bun] Twenty minutes
👉 삼십분 [sam-sip-bun] Thirty minutes

일곱시 칠분이에요. [il-gop-si chil-bun-i-e-yo]
It's 7:07.

  • 일곱 [il-gop] native number "seven"
  • [si] counter word for "hour"
  • [chil] sino number "seven"
  • [bun] counter word for "minutes"

세시 삼분이에요. [se-si sam-bun-i-e-yo]
It's 3:03.

  • [se] native number "three"
  • [si] counter word for "hour"
  • [sam] sino number "three"
  • [bun] counter word for "minutes"

오전 [o-jeon] is used for AM and 오후 [o-hu] is used for PM.

오전 7:07 [o-jeon il-gop-si chil-bun] 7:07 AM

오후 3:03 [o-hu se-si sam-bun] 3:03 PM

Conversation

  • A: 핸드폰 있어요?
    Do you have a phone?
  • B: [ne]
    Yes
  • A: 몇 시예요?
    What time is it?
  • B: 다섯시 십오분이에요. [da-seot-si si-bo-bun-i-e-yo]
    It's 5:15.
  • A: 감사합니다.
    Thank you.
  • A: 몇 시예요?
    What time is it?
  • B: 일곱시 삼십분이에요. [il-gop-si sam-sip-bun-i-e-yo]
    It's 7:30.
  • A: 감사합니다.
    Thank you.

Vocabulary

Korean English
숫자 [sut-ja] number
[il] One
[i] Two
[sam] Three
[sa] Four
[o] Five
[yuk] Six
[chil] Seven
[pal] Eight
[gu] Nine
[sip] Ten
이십 [i-sip] Twenty
[yeong] Zero
[si] hour
[bun] minute
[cho] second