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Months in Korean~

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Our first month of the new year is finally drawing to an end. Now, it’s time for us to begin making plans not only for the upcoming week, but for the upcoming month(s) as well! Today lets learn some terms to describe the month!~

*Remember to try and sound out each word before peeking at the romanization!~

초 (cho) describes the beginning of the month

중순 (joong soon) describes middle of the month

*말 (mal) describes the end of the month

*달 (dal) month

*월 (wol) month

Daily Tip: Almost every language has homographs, or words that are spelled the same but have multiple meanings, and Korean is no different! For example, in the words above, 말 (mal) which describes the end of the month is also the word for the animal “horse”. 달 (dal) which means month, also means moon. You’ll also notice how 달 (dal) and 월 (wol) both mean “month”. 달 describes months as unit of time, and 월 is used to denote specific months by their names.

Ex:

한 달 (han dal) one month

일월 (il wol) January

Hope this helps, and happy studying!~

초 = Beginning of

5월 초에 = in early May
내년 초에 = at the beginning of next year
학기 초에 = at the beginning of the semester

이달 초에 = at the beginning of this month  
올해 초에 = early this year

중순 = Middle of the month

저는 12월 중순에 이 회사를 떠날 거예요 = I’ll leave this company in the middle of December.

벚꽃은 4월 중순이 한창이에요 = The cherry blossoms are best in the middle of April. 

말 = End of 

4월 말에 = in late April
올해 말까지 = by the end of this year
3월 말에 만기가 된다 = expires at the end of March.

하루   (One day, a day) 

하루에 세 번 = three times a day
나는 하루에 8시간 일한다 = I work eight hours a day.
하루만 더 시간을 주세요 = I need one more day, please.
나는 하루에도 생각이 수십 번 바뀐다 = I change my mind dozens of times a day.
요즘은 하루도 조용한 날이 없다 = Lately, there hasn’t been even one day of quietness.

이틀    (Two days, a couple of days) 

방학이 이틀밖에 안 남았다 = There are only two days left until vacation.
책을 다 읽는 데 이틀이 걸렸다 = It took two days for me to finish the book.
그는 떠난 지 이틀만에 집으로 돌아왔다 = He returned home two days after he left.
우리는 이틀에 한 번 꼴로 야근을 한다 = We work overtime about once every two days.
이 케이크 이틀 됐는데 먹어도 괜찮을까요? = This cake is two days old. Would it be safe to eat it?

사흘    (Three days) 

결혼 날짜를 사흘 당기다 = shift the wedding date three days ahead
사흘 동안 연야 계속 작업하다 = work for three consecutive nights
사흘간만 쓸 건데요 = I’ll only need it for three days.
사흘 동안이나 바람이 불어제쳤다 = For three days the wind raged incessantly.

며칠    (A few days, several days; How many days?)

며칠이 평생같다 = A few days is a lifetime.
저희는 며칠 전에 여기로 이사 왔어요 = We moved here a few days ago.
그는 며칠 뒤에 떠나 = He’s leaving in a couple of days.
생리가 며칠 늦어지네 = My period is a few days later 
며칠 동안 머무실 예정입니까? = How many days will you be staying?

Numbers

Sino-Korean Numbers 

일, 이, 삼, 사, 오, 육, 칠, 발, 구, 십  
십일, 십이, 십삼,
이싶, 이싶일, 이싶이, 이싶사
삼싶, 삼싶일, 삼싶이, 삼싶사

백 (100)
일백, 이백, 삼백, 사백, 오백 

Native Korean 

하나, 둘, 셋, 넷, 다섯, 여섯, 일곱, 여덟, 아홉, 열    

The Date  

sino-korean number + 월 (month) after 

January – 일월        April – 사월       December – 십이월   

sino-korean number + 일 (day) 

일일 (1st) – 이일 (2nd) – 오일 (5th) – 십발일 (18th) – 이십오일 (25th)   

Which month: 몇 월 
What date: 며칠 

몇 월 며칠 이에요? – What date is it? (lit. what month what day) 
오늘 몇 월 며칠 이에요 – What date is it today? 
오늘 구월 이십일 – today is september 20th
생일이 몇 월 며칠 이에요? – What date is your birthday? 

When asking about a specific day you can just use the word 언제 (When). 
생일이 언제예요? – When is your birthday?