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Telling the Time: # minutes
UNIT 9 얼마예요?
You have learnt that Pure Korean numbers and Sino-Korean numbers are
used for different things. When telling the time, both sets of numbers have to
be used. You have learnt how to say 1 o’clock, 2 o’clock, etc., with Pure
Korean numbers. Now that we have introduced Sino-Korean numbers, the
way to specify the minutes of the time will be explained.
Sino Korean numbers are used for the minutes of the time:
세 시 십오 분 3:15
To say a specific time, including how many minutes “past”, simply add the
number of minutes followed by the word 분 (minutes) after the hour, so you
have something like ‘three o’clock and fifteen minutes’.
Examples:
(1) A: 지금 몇 시예요? What is the time (now)?
B: 세 시 십오 분이에요. It is 3:15.
(2) A: 수업이 언제 끝나요? * What time does the class finish?
B: 네 시 오십오 분에 끝나요. It ends at 4:55.
(끝나요 is pronounced "kkeunnayo".)