![]() ![]() Unlike hours, 분 (bun) is used to tell the time in Korean and indicate an amount. You should use a number from the 일 (il), 이 (i), 삼 (sam) number system when using minutes. If you are telling the minutes, then you use the word 분 (bun). Look at these time examples.ĥ o’clock = 다섯시 | daseotsi Telling Minutes 시 (si) is used specifically for telling time ( 4 o’clock = 네시 | nesi), whereas 시간 (sigan) is for an amount of time ( 4 hours = 네 시간 | ne sigan ) instead of telling it. Remember you use a number from the 하나, 둘, 셋 (hana, dul, set) number system when using hours. ![]() ![]() When telling the hour in South Korea, you use the word 시 (si) or 시간 (sigan). So with that out of the way, let’s get to telling the time in South Korea!Ĭan’t read Korean yet? Click here to learn for free in about 60 minutes! Telling Hours We cover this more in-depth in our lesson on Korean numbers. So 22 is 이십이 (isipi), 34 is 삼십사 (samsipsa) and so on. Just know that to say a number from the China system greater than 20, use 이십 (20 | isip), 삼십 (30 | samsip), etc. When you are writing the time decide whether to write it using numerals or words, and stick to that.In brief, the Korean numbers on the left (Korea system) are used for hours, and the numbers on the right (China system or Sino-Korean numbers) are used for minutes. The colon is usually used with the 24-hour clock: 14:30. Some people use a colon as the separator: 2:30 pm. Some people use a dot as the separator: 2.30 pm. and p.m.Ĭhoose from the following styles or use what your English teacher tells you to and stick to it:. (Latin "post meridiem" | English: "after mid day"). (Latin "ante meridiem" | English: "before mid day") and p.m. The 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called a.m. When writing or speaking generally we tend to use the 12-hour clock. ![]() There are 24 hours in a day, but only the military, police and computer programmers use the 24-hour clock. stands for Ante Meridiem (the time between midnight and noon) Time in lieu refers to taking time off instead of, or in addition to, receiving pay for overtime worked or working on public or bank holidays.Ĭheck these time idioms too. Time off is the term we use to describe time for rest or recreation away from one's usual work or studies. Part time (part-time) is the term we use to describe employment with fewer hours per week than a full-time job. Overtime is either paid, or unpaid.įull time (full-time) is the term we use to describe the whole of someone's available working time, typically 40 hours in a week, but the European Union's working time directive imposes a 48 hour maximum working week that applies to every member state except here in the United Kingdom (which has an opt-out meaning that UK-based employees may work longer than 48 hours if they wish, but they cannot be forced to do so). Overtime is the time we work in addition to what is normal. More neutrally, it connotes a job with stable hours and low career risk, but still a position of subordinate employment. The phrase also indicates that a person is an employee, usually in a large company, rather than self-employed. Negatively used, it connotes a tedious or unremarkable occupation, the idea being that, because the job is so boring, the workplace shuts down outside of required hours. There are some common words and phrases that we use to describe the hours we work.Īt work in the UK we talk about starting time and leaving time.ĩ-to-5 is a phrase used to describe a conventional and possibly tedious job. ![]()
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