In this blog we are going to learn about Korean words for months. If you know how to count from 1 to 12 in Sino Korean numbers then you’re more than halfway to learn the Korean words for months and if you don’t know about Sino Korean numbers yet do check this blog 👈to learn about it.

Months in Korean
The Korean word for month is 월 (wol). Months in Korean is actually really easy to learn you just need the word 월(wol) and sino Korean numbers from 1 to 12. To say a month in Korean just add the sino Korean number for the respective month before 월 (wol).

For example, March is the 3rd month, in Sino Korean number system 3 is written and pronounced as 삼(sam). So, march in korean is 삼(sam) + 월(wol) = 삼월(sam-wol). Easy peasy.

But remember there is an exception. June and October are pronounced a little differently. June should be pronounced as 육(yuk) +월(wol) = 육월 (yuk-wol) but this is not how June is pronounced it is a little different, same case in the October month name too. Let’s look at the list to know how they are written and pronounced.

Month

Korean

Romanization

 

 

 

January

일월

il-wol

February

이월

i-wol

March

삼월

sam-wol

April

사월

sa-wol

May

오월

o-wol

June

유월

yu-wol

July

칠월

chil-wol

August

팔월

pal-wol

September

구월

ku-wol

October

시월

si-wol

November

십일월

sip-il-wol

December

십이월

sip-i-wol

Try to read it and if you can’t read the Korean texts, I advise you to learn Korean alphabets first before jumping into Korean vocabs and grammar points. You can’t depend on romanization for pronouncing. If you want you can check my Hanguel blog 👈👈for learning Korean alphabets.

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