Korean Speaking Practice: Telling Time and Schedules

Talking About When You Go and When Things Start

When you talk about going somewhere now, you can use a short present-tense line. «지금 가요.» means "I'm going now" or "I go now." It states your own action, so use it when you are leaving or saying that you go now. When you address someone else, you can use «지금 가세요.», which can be a polite request or command ("Please go now") or a polite question ("Are you going now?") depending on intonation. To talk about a schedule, you can say when something starts. «수업은 9시에 시작해요.» means "The class starts at nine." Notice that the time comes before the verb. You can also talk about a period of time. «1시부터 3시까지 일해요.» means "I work from one until three." The pattern shows a start time and an end time.

Asking and Answering About a Time Range

When you want to know the full time range of an activity, you can ask a question like «몇 시부터 몇 시까지예요?», which means "From what time until what time is it?" A natural answer gives both the start and the end. «9시부터 11시까지예요.» means "It's from nine until eleven." In a short exchange, one person can ask if you are going now, and you can answer with a yes and add the class start time. «지금 가세요?» is a polite question meaning "Are you going now?" and «네, 지금 가요. 수업은 9시에 시작해요.» means "Yes, I'm going now. The class starts at nine." Keep the same activity when you ask and answer about its time range.

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