On the last post, we take a look at how to tell the time in Korean, but it was only about for hours. Let's continue to see how to tell the time in Korean; this time, for minutes and seconds.
There are two different types of number system in Korean language and when you tell time in Korean two types are both used. Unlike for hours, Chinese-oriented system(Sino-Korean) is used for minutes. A counter word '분 (boon)' comes after the number you would like to say. For seconds, the system is same and only the counter word being used is changed to '초 (cho)'
Check out the table below.
| Time | Korean |
| ○ : 01 | ○ 시 일 분 ( ○shi eel-boon) |
| ○ : 02 | ○시 이 분 ( ○shi ee-boon) |
| ○ : 03 | ○시 삼 분 ( ○shi sahm-boon) |
| ○ : 04 | ○시 사 분 ( ○shi sah-boon) |
| ○ : 05 | ○시 오 분 ( ○shi oh-boon) |
| ○ : 06 | ○시 육 분 ( ○shi yook-boon) |
| ○ : 07 | ○시 칠 분 ( ○shi chil-boon) |
| ○ : 08 | ○시 팔 분 ( ○shi pahl-boon) |
| ○ : 09 | ○시 구 분 ( ○shi goo-boon) |
| ○ : 10 | ○시 십 분 ( ○shi shib-boon) |
| ○ : 11 | ○시 십일 분 ( ○shi shibeel-boon) |
| ○ : 20 | ○시 이십 분 ( ○shi eeshib-boon) |
| ○ : 22 | ○시 이십이 분 ( ○shi eeshib-ee-boon) |
| ○ : 30 | ○시 삼십 분 ( ○shi sahmshib-boon) |
| ○ : 33 | ○시 삼십삼 분 ( ○shi sahmshib-sahm-boon) |
| ○ : 40 | ○시 사십 분 ( ○shi sahshib-boon) |
| ○ : 44 | ○시 사십사 분 ( ○shi sahshib-sah-boon) |
| ○ : 50 | ○시 오십 분 ( ○shi ohshib-boon) |
| ○ : 55 | ○시 오십오 분 ( ○shi ohshib-oh-boon) |
Let's practice to tell the time in Korean
□ AM 10:08 = 오전 열 시 팔 분 oh-jeon yeol-shi pahl-boon
□ PM 2: 36 = 오후 두 시 삼십육 분 oh-hu doo-shi samshib-yook-boon
Other posts
You can check more on how to count in Korean from my other posts.
□ from 0 to 10
□ from 10 to 99
□ from 100 and more