In this article we will see how to speak and write the days of the week, months and years in Korean. I hope you like this short article from Aprender Palavras. Thanks in advance for the comments and shares.
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How to say the days of the week in Korean?
As in Japanese and Chinese, Korean weekdays use elements of nature. Nothing different from the West, since here we use the names of the planets and mythological entities that are equivalent to the same elements of the days of the week in the East.
The point is that even the pronunciation of the days of the week in Korean is equivalent to Japanese. See below how to write and speak the days in the Korean language:
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| Day of the week | Pronunciation | Hangul |
| Sunday | ir.yo.il | 일요일 |
| Monday | weor.yo.il | 월요일 |
| Tuesday | hwa.yo.il | 화요일 |
| Wednesday | su.yo.il | 수요일 |
| Thursday | mog.yo.il | 목요일 |
| Friday | keum.yo.il | 금요일 |
| Saturday | tho.yo.il | 토요일 |
Notice the similarity between mogyoil from Korean and mokuyobi in Japanese. Even the closure is similar, probably the same similarities that we have in the languages originated from Latin. I believe that both have Chinese roots.
Korean calendars usually show only the element in question, see below:
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| SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT |
| 일 - sun | 월 - moon | 화 - fire | 수 - water | 목 - wood | 금 - gold | 토 - earth |
How to say the days in Korean?
We use the number + the suffix il [일] which means day in the Korean language. See the examples below:
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| Day + Number | Pronunciation | Hangul [일] |
| 1 | ir.il | 일일 |
| 2 | i.il | 이일 |
| 3 | sam.il | 삼일 |
| 4 | sa.il | 사일 |
| 5 | o.il | 오일 |
| 6 | yug.il | 육일 |
| 7 | chir.il | 칠일 |
| 8 | phar.il | 팔일 |
| 9 | ku.il | 구일 |
| 10 | shib.il | 십일 |
| 11 | shib.ir.il | 십일일 |
| 12 | shib.i.il | 십이일 |
| 13 | ship.sam.il | 십삼일 |
| 14 | ship.sa.il | 십사일 |
| 15 | shib.o.il | 십오일 |
| 16 | shim.nyug.il | 십육일 |
| 17 | ship.chir.il | 십칠일 |
| 18 | ship.phar.il | 십팔일 |
| 19 | ship.ku.il | 십구일 |
| 20 | o.shib.il | 이십일 |
| 21 | i.shib.ir.il | 이십일일 |
| 22 | i.shib.i.il | 이십이일 |
| 23 | i.ship.sam.il | 이십삼일 |
| 24 | i.ship.sa.il | 이십사일 |
| 25 | i.shib.o.il | 이십오일 |
| 26 | i.shib.yug.il | 이십육일 |
| 27 | i.ship.chir.il | 이십칠일 |
| 28 | i.ship.phar.il | 이십팔일 |
| 29 | i.ship.ku.il | 이십구일 |
| 30 | sam.shib.il | 삼십일 |
| 31 | sam.shib.ir.il | 삼십일일 |
How to say the months in Korean?
In Korean we don't have January, February and so on, just the month number followed by the suffix weol [월] which means month. They can be written either in hangul or using Roman numbers (12 월). See below:
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| Months | Hangul [월] | Pronunciation |
| 1 | 일월 | ir.weol |
| 2 | 이월 | i.weol |
| 3 | 삼월 | sam.weol |
| 4 | 사월 | sa.weol |
| 5 | 오월 | o.weol |
| 6 | 유월 | yu.weol |
| 7 | 칠월 | chir.weol |
| 8 | 팔월 | phar.weol |
| 9 | 구월 | ku.weol |
| 10 | 시월 | shi.weol |
| 11 | 십일월 | shib.ir.weol |
| 12 | 십이월 | shib.i.weol |
To form the years we also use numbers in Roman or hangul followed by the suffix nyeon [년].
See also a traditional month calendar based on the signs of the zodiac:
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| Translation | Pronunciation | Hangul | |
| 1 | Tiger Month | Horangidal | 호랑이 달 |
| 1 | Primary month | Jeong-wol | 정월 (正月) |
| 2 | rabbit month | Tokkidal | 토끼 달 |
| 3 | Dragon Month | Yongdal | 용달 |
| 4 | snake Month | Baemdal | 뱀달 |
| 5 | horse Month | Maldal | 말달 |
| 6 | goat Month | Yangdal | 양달 |
| 7 | monkey month | Wonseung-Idal | 원승 이달 |
| 8 | cock Month | Dakdal | 닭달 |
| 9 | Dog Month | Gaedal | 개달 |
| 10 | Pig Month | Dwaejidal | 돼지 달 |
| 11 | Rat Month | Jwidal | 쥐달 |
| 11 | Winter Solstice Month | Dongjitdal | 동짓달 |
| 12 | Ox Month | Sodal | 소달 |
| 12 | Ox Month | Seotdal | 섣달 |
