my-korean1-2nd-ed

UNIT 6 몇 시에 만날까요?
몇 ‘How many...?’; ‘What...?’; ‘How (old)...?’
We use 몇 when we want to ask a question regarding a numerical quantity. In
English, we often start such questions with ‘how many’ but there are also
cases where we use ‘what’ (e.g. What is the time?) or ‘how’ (e.g. How old is
she?). Korean uses the word 몇 for all of these cases.
(1) A: 지금 몇 시예요? What time is it?
B: 두 시예요. It’s two o’clock.
(2) A: 하루에 몇 시간 공부해요? How many hours a day do you
study?
B: 한 시간 해요. One hour.
(3) A: 하루에 커피를 몇 잔 마셔요? How many cups of coffee do you
drink a day?
B: 세 잔 마셔요. I drink three a day.
(4) A: 여동생이 몇 살이에요? How old is your younger sister?
B: 열 여섯 살이에요. She’s sixteen.
(5) A: 학생이 모두 몇 명이에요?* How many students are there
altogether?
B: 네 명이에요. There are four.
(몇 명이에요 is pronounced myeon-myeong-i-e-yo.)
(6) A: 사무실이 몇 층에 있어요? What floor is the office on?
B: 오 층에 있어요. It’s on the fifth floor.
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