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# Posted: 8 Jun 2007 08:42 KST - Edited by: _joseph_
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엊그제 a few days ago
어제 = yesterday
오늘 = today
내일 = tomorrow
모레 = the day after tomorrow

birthdays

진갑 is the 61st birthday

고희 is the 70th
칠순 is also seventieth birthday though. it can also mean 70 days.

a number of days

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It’s very complicated

one minute 일 분

one hour 한 시간

one month 한 달, 일 개월

two months 두 달, 이 개월

There are still more words to know.

one day 일 일, 하루

two days 이 일, 이틀

3 days 삼 일, 사흘

4 days 사 일, 나흘

5 days 오 일, 닷새

6 days 육 일, 엿새

7 칠 일, 이레

8 팔 일, 여드레

9 구 일, 아흐레

10 십 일, 열흘

There are whole bunch of these kind of words.

so just to make it easy and simple, use the former ones.

1 year 일 년

2 years 이 년

1 lifetime 한 평생

하루 one day
이틀 two days 이틀간
사흘 three days
나흘 four days
닷새 five days
엿새 six days
이레 seven days
여드레
아흐레
열흘 ten days

dates from korean @ paperwindow.com

이월 삼일 = February 3rd
Months:

일월, 이월, 삼월, 사월
These counters are used for the calendar months. I.e.
삼월 오일 = March 5th

일개 월, 이개 월, 삼개 월, 사개 월
These are used for duration or length. I.e.
내가 이개 월동안 한국말을 공부했어요. I studied Korean for 2 months.

한달, 두달, 세달, 네달
These are used just like the above, only with pure Korean numbers. I.e.
내가 두달동안 한국말을 공부했어요. I studied Korean for 2 months.

Years:

일년, 이년, 삼년, 사년
Years are probably the easiest to work with in Korean. These can be used for counters of years such as duration or length or the date year. The following are a few examples.

내가 일년동안 한국말을 공부했어요. I studied Korean for one year.

내가 2003년에 한국말을 공부했어요. I studied Korean in 2003.

내가 2003년부터 이년동안 한국말을 공부했어요. I studied Korean starting in 2003 for 2 years.

Age:

한살, 두살, 세살, 네살, 다섯 살, 여섯 살
This is the non-honorific way to count someone's age.
내 나이가 열여덟 살 입니다. I am 18. (My age is 18.)

육십세, 칠십세, 팔십세, 구십세
This is the honorific way to count someone's age.
내헐머니의 연세가 구십세 이십니다. My grandmother is 90.
Notice here that 연세 is used instead of 나이. That's because the honorific word for age is, in fact, 연세.

Time:

아침 열한시 이십오분 = 11:25am
Korean time is a pain at first, but you get used to it very quickly. All you have to do is use pure korean as the hours and sino korean as the minutes. It may sound confusing but it will come naturally later. Here are a few more examples.
두시 삼십사분 = 2:34
네시 오분 = 4:05 (Notice that the ㅅ drops on 넷, the same thing happens when using 셋. Also, 하나 becomes 한, and 둘 becomes 두 as you can see in the above examples)

한시간, 두시간, 세시간, 네시간, 다섯시간
This is used for duration. I.e.
내가 두시간후에 도착할겁니다. I'll arrive in 2 hours.
내가 두시간동안 공부했어요. I studied for two hours.

You can never use sino korean numbers with the hours. However, the minutes are as follows.

일분, 이분, 삼분, 사분
These are used just like the hours, only with sino korean numbers.
Also, as a side note, Koreans use the word 반 (half) representing 30 minutes. For example, 두시간 반 = two and a half hours (2hours 30 minutes). But for the sake of education I'll give some examples still.

삼십분동안 공부했어요. I studied for 30 minutes.

Also, the word for seconds is 초. Use it exactly as you would minutes.