What Time Is It — Day 109

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What Time Is It

TOPIK 1 · Beginner · Time

지금 몇 시예요?
What time is it now?

지금은 아홉 시예요.
It's nine o'clock now.

저는 아홉 시 반에 일을 시작해요.
I start work at nine thirty.

점심은 열두 시에 먹어요.
I eat lunch at twelve o'clock.

여섯 시에 일이 끝나요.
Work ends at six o'clock.

그 후에 집에 가요.
After that I go home.

Key words

  • 시 — o'clock, hour
  • 반 — half
  • 점심 — lunch
  • 시작하다 — to start
  • 끝나다 — to end

Grammar

~에

at (a time)

세 시에 만나요.

Let's meet at three.

몇 ~

how many, what (number)

몇 개 있어요?

How many are there?

Use native Korean numbers (한, 두, 세...) for the hour and Sino-Korean (일, 이, 삼...) for minutes.