Korean Lessons ᚛ Level 2 - Korean for Beginners #1 (Lessons 31 to 60) ᚛ Lesson 39 - How to Say the Date in Korean
How to Say the Date in Korean
Days of the week
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Monday |
월요일 |
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Tuesday |
화요일 |
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Wednesday |
수요일 |
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Thursday |
목요일 |
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Friday |
금요일 |
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Saturday |
토요일 |
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Sunday |
일요일 |
Months
Constructing the names of Korean months is simple because one just has to add the number of the month (1 for January, 2 for February, etc…) to the word 월. Sino-Korean numbers are used for months.
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January |
1월 |
일월 |
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February |
2월 |
이월 |
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March |
3월 |
삼월 |
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April |
4월 |
사월 |
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May |
5월 |
오월 |
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June |
6월 |
유월 |
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July |
7월 |
칠월 |
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August |
8월 |
팔월 |
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September |
9월 |
구월 |
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October |
10월 |
시월 |
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November |
11월 |
십일월 |
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December |
12월 |
십이월 |
Note: the numbers for the months 6월 and 10월 lose their final consonants when pronounced.
Say the date
In Korean, dates are formed in the following format:
[year]년 [month]월 [day]일 [name of the day]
Sino-Korean numbers are used in all cases.
| Tuesday, July 14, 1789 |
1789년 7월 14일 화요일 |
| Monday, November 11, 1918 |
1918년 11월 11일 월요일 |
| May 8, 1945 |
1945년 5월 8일 |
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