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What time is it? 몇 시예요?
영어로 시간 말하기. 질문: What time is it? 대답은 항상 형식 주어 "It's"로 시작해요: It's three o'clock. 분에 대해: (a) quarter past three(3:15), half past three(3:30), (a) quarter to four(3:45). 하루의 때: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night. 새 단어: time, hour, minute, o'clock, half, quarter, morning, afternoon, evening, night. 발음 코너: "three"의 "th"와 묵음 글자.
Dialogue
Where's "it"? — "it"은 어디에?
- Emma Minsu, what time is it? 민수, 몇 시예요?
- Minsu Is three o'clock. 세 시예요. (실수: 영어는 형식 주어 "It's"가 필요해요 — "It's three o'clock", "it"을 빼면 안 돼요)
- Emma Start with "It's": It's three o'clock. "It's"로 시작해요: It's three o'clock.
- Minsu Oh, it's three o'clock. It's late! 아, 세 시예요. 늦었어요!
Dialogue
At what time? — 몇 시에요?
- Jack Emma, what time is the class? 엠마, 수업이 몇 시예요?
- Emma It's at nine o'clock. 아홉 시예요.
- Jack And what time is it now? 지금은 몇 시예요?
- Emma It's a quarter to nine. It's early. 아홉 시 십오 분 전이에요. 일러요.
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| time | n. | 시간 | |
| hour | n. | 시간(60분) | |
| minute | n. | 분 | |
| o'clock | n. | 정각(…시) | |
| half | n. | 반 | |
| quarter | n. | 15분 | |
| morning | n. | 아침 | |
| afternoon | n. | 오후 | |
| evening | n. | 저녁 | |
| night | n. | 밤 |
Grammar
Telling the time: "It's ..." 시간 말하기: "It's …"
In English you always tell the time with the dummy subject "It's": It's three o'clock, It's nine o'clock. You must NOT drop "it", even though many languages have no subject here. For the minutes, use "past" up to the half hour and "to" after it: five past three (3:05), (a) quarter past three (3:15), half past three (3:30), (a) quarter to four (3:45). Parts of the day take a preposition: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening — but at night. To ask: What time is it? For a scheduled time, use "at": The class is at nine.
영어는 시간을 항상 형식 주어 "It's"로 말해요: It's three o'clock, It's nine o'clock. 많은 언어가 여기 주어가 없어도, "it"을 빼면 안 돼요. 분: 반까지는 "past", 그 뒤는 "to": five past three(3:05), (a) quarter past three(3:15), half past three(3:30), (a) quarter to four(3:45). 하루 시간대엔 전치사: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening — 하지만 at night. 질문: What time is it? 정해진 시각엔 "at": The class is at nine.
- What time is it? — It's three o'clock. 몇 시예요? — 세 시예요.
- It's half past two. 두 시 반이에요.
- It's a quarter to four. 네 시 십오 분 전이에요 (3:45).
- The class is at nine in the morning. 수업은 아침 아홉 시예요.
pronunciation
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