Intermediate - Lesson 2 - How to say the Time in Korean Lesson

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When talking about time (minutes, hours) in korean, it is common to use the korean-based numbers. Time, as in "What time is it?" is shi (she). Time in the sense of the hour is shigan (she-gahn). In the sense of a period of time, it is kigan (kee-gahn). When used in the sense of occasion (some other time), it is ttae (ttay). Minute is pun(poon) or bun (boon).

1 O'clock---Hanshi (Hahn-she)

2 O'clock---Tu-shi (Tuu-she)

3 O'clock---Se-shi (Say-she)

4 O'clock---Ne-shi (Nay-she)

5 O'clock---Tasot-shi (Tah-saht-she)

6 O'clock---Yosot-shi (Yoe-saht-she)

7 O'clock---Ilgop-shi (Eel-gope-she)

8 O'clock---Yodol-shi (Yoe-doel-she)

9 O'clock---Ahop-shi (Ah-hope-she)

10 O'clock---Yol-shi (Yole-she)

11 O'clock---Yolhan-shi (Yahl-hahn-she)

12 O'clock---Yoltu-shi (Yole-tuu-she)

A.M.---Ojon (Oh-jahn)

P.M.---Ohu (Oh-huu)

Night---Pam (Pahm)

Five minutes after four---Ne-shi-obun (Nay-she oh-boon)

Fifteen minutes after five---Tasot -shi-shibo-bun (Tah-soet-she she-boe-boon)

Six-thirty---Yosot-shi-samship-pun (Yoe-soet-she sahm-ship-poon)

Six-forty---Yoso-shi-saship-pun (Yoe-soet she-sah-ship-poon)

What time is it?---Myot-shi-imnikka? (Myaht-shi-eem-nee-kkah)

It is one o'clock---Han-shi-mnikka (Hahn-she-eem-nee-kkah)

It is two thirty---tu-shi-sam-ship-poon-imnida (tu-she-sahm-she-poon-eem-nee-da)

It is a quarter to four--- (Tu-shi-sah-ship-pun-imnida) (sah-she sah-ship-poon eem-nee-da)

It is seven p.m.---Ohu-ilgop-shi-imnida (Oh-hu eel-gope-she-eem-nee-da)

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The Lower Paleolithic era in the Korean Peninsula began roughly half a million years ago. ... From the 1st century, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla grew to control the peninsula and Manchuria as the Three Kingdoms of Korea (57 BCE – 668 CE), until unification by Silla in 676

The concept of the Three Kingdoms of Korea(Hangul: 삼국시대) refers to the three kingdoms of Baekje (백제), Silla (신라) and Goguryeo (고구려). Goguryeo was later known as Goryeo (고려), from which the modern name Korea is derived. The Three Kingdoms period was defined as being from 57 BC to 668 AD (but there existed about 78 tribal states in the southern region of Korean peninsula and relatively 

big states like Okjeo, Buyeo, and Dongye in its northern part and Manchuria).

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Three Kingdoms of Korea

5th century map of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, at the height of Goguryeo's territorial expansion