Korean: About month (월), date (일), week (요일), today (오늘), tomorrow (내일)
Months and days are represented by numbers, while the days of the week are represented by the five elements. What about today, tomorrow, yesterday, the day after tomorrow, the day before yesterday, etc.? This time, let's talk about how dates are expressed in Korean.
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Months and days are represented by numbers, while the days of the week are represented by the five elements.
What about today, tomorrow, yesterday, the day after tomorrow, the day before yesterday, etc.?
This time, let's talk about how dates are expressed in Korean.
Month（월）
The months are indicated by adding the numbers one to twelve plus the month (월).
There are two types of numbering systems in Korean, and here Sino-Korean(China System) are used for the months.
（The pronunciation is currently only available for PC, Android phones.）
| English | Korean |
|---|---|
| January | 일월 |
| Februay | 이월 |
| March | 삼월 |
| April | 사월 |
| May | 오월 |
| June | 유월 |
| July | 칠월 |
| August | 팔월 |
| Spetember | 구월 |
| October | 시월 |
| November | 십일월 |
| December | 십이월 |
Date（일）
The table below shows the number of days in Korean from 1st to 31th by adding the day (일) to Sino-Korean(China System).
（The pronunciation is currently only available for PC, Android phones.）
| English | Korean | English | Korean |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 일일 | 17th | 십칠일 |
| 2nd | 이일 | 18th | 십팔일 |
| 3th | 삼일 | 19th | 십구일 |
| 4th | 사일 | 20th | 이십일 |
| 5th | 오일 | 21th | 이십일일 |
| 6th | 육일 | 22th | 이십이일 |
| 7th | 칠일 | 23th | 이십삼일 |
| 8th | 팔일 | 24th | 이십사일 |
| 9th | 구일 | 25th | 이십오일 |
| 10th | 십일 | 26th | 이십률일 |
| 11th | 십일일 | 27th | 이십칠일 |
| 12th | 십이일 | 28th | 이십팔일 |
| 13th | 십삼일 | 29th | 이십구일 |
| 14th | 십사일 | 30th | 삼십일 |
| 15th | 십오일 | 31th | 삼십일일 |
| 16th | 십륙일 |
week（요일）
The dates of the week in Korean are represented by the order of the month (월), fire (화), water (수), wood (목), gold (금), earth (토), and sun (일).
Because of 받침, the pronunciation will be a little different.
You can listen to the pronunciation using the table below.
（The pronunciation is currently only available for PC, Android phones.）
| English | Korean |
|---|---|
| Monday | 월요일 |
| Tuesday | 화요일 |
| Wednesday | 수요일 |
| Thursday | 목요일 |
| Friday | 금요일 |
| Saturday | 토요일 |
| Sunday | 일요일 |
Today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow... And so on.
When making an appointment with someone or talking about the last few days, we often use the following phrases.
| English | Korean |
|---|---|
| three days ago | 그끄저께 |
| day before yesterday | 그저께 |
| yesterday | 어제 |
| today | 오늘 |
| tomorrow | 내일 |
| the day after tomorrow | 모레 |
| three days from now | 글피 |
| weekend | 주말 |
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