Telling Time

To tell time, you use

• the Pure Korean number for the hour, followed by
• the classifier for hours, 시. If there are any minutes, follow this with:
• the Sino-Korean number of minutes and
• the word for minutes, 분

Examples:

5:20 = 다섯시   이십분

7:43 = 일곱시   사십삼분

2:15 = 두시   십오분

1:39 = 한시   삼십구분

Notice in the last two examples that the pure Korean hour has changed form before the 시.

Sino-Korean Numbers

Numbers Index