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You should use Korean or Chinese rooted numbers for their respective roots below. Some times use different words for length and the actual time, make sure you recognize what word to use in what context.

General

• 시간 - Time
• 날짜 - Date
• 지금 <只今> - Now
• 나중에 - Later
• 당시 - at the time of
• ※Be careful!
  [07/08/09] : Is this [7th August 2009] or[8th July 2009] or [9th August 2007]?
  In Korea, [9th August 2007] is right. [YY/MM/DD]
  If you see this date → [10/11/07] when you check the expiration date, don't worry. [10/11/07] means [7th Nov.2010]
  But if the stuff is an imported goods, [10/11/07] could be [10th Nov.2007]or [11th Oct.2007]. So watch out!
  Also, when you write or say the date, you should write or say in order of year, month, date. [2009년 6월 10일]

Ranges

• -부터 - From
• -까지, -껏 - Until
• -동안, -간, -중(에) - During, duration of, middle of
• -후(에) - After
• -전(에) - Before

Many years

• 시대 - an epoch, a period in time
• 수년 - several years
• 수년간 - for several years
• 수년 전 - some years ago
• 수십년 - several decades
  • 수십년 간(동안) - for several decades, for scores of years
  • 수십년 전 - scores of years ago
• 수백년 - hundreds
  • 수백년 간(동안) - for hundreds, for centuries
  • 수백년 전 - hundreds of years ago

Year

• 년(Chinese)/해(Korean) - year
  • Example, 일년/한해 - one year
• 작년[장년]/지난해 - last year
• 올해 - current year
• 내년/다음해/이듬해 - next year
• 연간 - yearly, one year's time
• 연초 - beginning of the year
• 연말 - end of the year
• 다년 - multiple years

Month

• 달(Korean, length)/가월(Korean, length)/월 (Chinese, month of the year) - month
  • Example, 1달[한달]/1개월[한개월] - one month
• Months of the year
  • 1월[일월] - January
  • 2월[이월] - February
  • 3월[삼월] - March
  • 4월[사월] - April
  • 5월[오월] - May
  • 6월[유월] - June
  • 7월[칠월] - July
  • 8월[팔월] - August
  • 9월[구월] - September
  • 10월[시월] - October
  • 11월[십일월] - November
  • 12월[십이월] - December
• 월초 - beginning of the month
• 중순 - the middle ten days of a month
• 월말 - end of the month

Week

• 주(Chinese) - week
  • Example, 1주[일주] - one week
• 지난주 - last week
• 지지난주 - the week before last
• 이번주 - last week
• 다음주 - next week
• 다다음주 - week after next week
• 주말 - weekend
• 평일 - weekdays

Day

• 일(Chinese) - day
  • Example, 1일[일일] - one day
• Number of days have special words associated with them
  • 하루 - one day
  • 이틀 - two days
  • 사흘 - three days
  • 나흘 - four days
  • 5일부터는 보통 5일,6일…로 표현한다.
• Days of the week
  • 일요일/주일 - Sunday
  • 월요일 - Monday
  • 화요일 - Tuesday
  • 수요일 - Wednesday
  • 목요일 - Thursday
  • 금요일 - Friday
  • 토요일 - Saturday
• 평일 - weekday
• 그저께 - day before yesterday
• 어제 - yesterday
• 오늘 - today
• 내일 - tomorrow
• 내일모레 - day after tomorrow

Parts of the day

• 아침 - morning
• 오후 - afternoon
• 저녁 - evening
• 밤 - night
• 새벽 - dawn

Time

• 시 <時> (Korean, hour of the day)/시간(Korean, length) - hour
  • Example, 1시[한시] - one o'clock, 1시간[한시간] - one hour
• 분 <分> (Chinese) - minute
  • Example, 1분[일분] - one minute
• 초(Chinese) - seconds
  • Example, 1초[일초] - one second

Seasons

• 봄 - spring
• 여름 - summer
• 가을 - fall/autumn
• 겨울 - winter

Holidays and festivals

• 신정 <新正> - New Year's Day (January 1)
• 구정 / 설날 - Korean New Year's Day (1st day of the 1st lunar month)
• 밸런타인데이 - Valentine's Day (February 14)
• 3.1절 <三一節> - Independence (Declaration) Day (March 1)
• 화이트데이 - White Day (March 14)
• 블랙데이 - Black Day (April 14)
• 어린이날 - Children's Day (May 5)
• 석가탄신일 <釋迦誕辰日> - Buddha's Birthday (8th day of 4th lunar month)
• 현충일 <顯忠日> - Memorial Day (June 6)
• 제헌절 <制憲節> - Constitution Day (July 17)
• 광복절 <光復節> - Liberation Day (August 15)
• 추석 <秋夕> - Harvest Festival (15th day of the 8th lunar month)
• 국군<國軍>의 날 - Armed Forces Day (October 1)
• 개천절 <開天節> - National Foundation Day (October 3)
• 한글날 - Hangul Day (October 9)
• 성탄절 <基督誕辰日> - Christmas Day (December 25)

Related Pages

• Numbers and counting