Telling Time ⏱

 Excuse my face (I’m really tired) but I’m back!      Okay, so how to tell time. Hoesntly it’s more complicated in Korean than in English in my opinion but it’s okay, it’s not that hard. If I practice more and more I can get the hang of it. I will explain why it’s a little complicated and different from English. First Korean has two distinct number systems: the Chinese numbers    and the    Traditional Korean numbers.





Here is a list of the Chinese numbers:

- 영 or 공 = zero
- 일 = one
- 이 = two
- 삼 = three
- 사 = four
- 오 = five
- 육 = six
- 칠 = seven
- 팔 = eight
- 구 = nine
- 십 = ten

Now these are the Traditinal Korean numbers:

- 하나 = one
- 둘 = two
- 셋 = three
- 넷 = four
- 다섯 = five
- 여섯 = six
- 일곱 = seven
- 여덟 = eight
- 아홉 = nine
- 열 = ten

Hours are said in the traditional Korean numbers while the minutes are said in the Chinese numbers.
You have to add “시” after the name of each Korean number.
For example:
다섯시 which is 5
여섯시 which is 6
일곱시 which is 7
여덟시 which is 8
아홉시 which 9
열시 which is 10

HOWEVER, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS!!

For numbers (1 - 4) you drop the last letter of the vowel.
For example:
Instead of them being:
- 하나시 —> 한시 (1:00)
- 둘 —> 두시 (2:00)
- 셋시 —> 새시 (3:00)
- 넷시 —> 네시 (4:00)

After you have said the name of the hour, you say the minutes in Chinese and add “분” after, which means minutes.
Example : 3:10 —> 세시 십분

That’s all for today! Stay tuned for the next update :) ❤️