Days/Months/Seasons Flashcards
오늘
today
oneul
어제
yesterday
eoje
내일
tomorrow
naeil
지금
now
jigeum
시간
time
sigan
Explain the days of the week…
Since South Korea uses the Gregorian Calendar, their names for the days of the week aren’t all that different from those used in other languages, except that they are in Korean. Like in most languages, the days are associated with heavenly bodies or Roman gods. And each day of the week ends in 요일 (yoil).
월요일
Monday
Wollyoil
월 (wol) means moon, so Monday = moon day.
화요일
Tuesday
Hwayoil.
화 (hwa) means fire which is associated with Mars, god of war. So Tuesday = day of Mars or Tuesday = fire day.
수요일
Wednesday
Suyoil.
수 (su) means water and it is associated with 수성 (suseong) which means Mercury, the water planet. Water day ≠ Wednesday… close enough?
목요일
Thursday
Mogyoil.
목 (mok) which means wood and it is associated with 목성 (mogseong) which means Jupiter, the god of thunder. Sorry Loki fans, but it seems like this is calling for a Thor day, Thursday, Thor day, Thursday.
금요일
Friday
Geumyoil.
금 (geum) which means gold and it is associated with 금성 (geumseong) which means Venus, the golden planet. TGIF = Thank Gold It’s Friday.
토요일
Saturday
Toyoil.
토 (to) which means soil and it is associated with 토성 (toseong) which means Saturn, the god of harvest. Soil and Saturday both have the same beginning letter which is letter S.
일요일
Sunday
Illyoil.
일 (il) which means day or sun. And well, you can easily remember 일요일 or Illyoi, because you can refer to it as the sun’s day.
How do months work…
Names of the month in Korean are not too difficult to pronounce and remember. Basically, all you have to do is add the corresponding Sino-Korean number in front of the word 월 (wol) which means month. The numbers are given according to the months beginning in January and are written in numeric form. For example, the month of January in Korean would be referred to as 1월 or Irwol the month of March in Korean would be referred to as 3월 as Samwol.
일월
January
1월
Irwol
