I almost skipped this lesson. I have posted topics on counting years and weeks already. Months can be counted with either pure Native Korean or Sino-Korean numerals. Months(in duration) can be counted in Korean using 달 (dal, native) or 개월 (gae wol, Sino-Korean) as marker. So one month can be expressed as 한 달 (han dal) or 일 개월 (il gaewol).
In talking about months as in January, February March etc, knowing how to count 1 to 12 in Sino-Korean plus the constant marker 월 (wol) followed by optionally pronounced marker 달 (dal) is the key. In a mathematical expression the formula is <Sino-Korean Number>+ 월 + 달.
Below are the months in Korea, 달 is enclosed in parenthesis indicating it’s optionally pronounced:
- 일월 (달) – ilwol (dal), January
- 이월 (달) – iwol (dal), February
- 삼월 (달) – samwol (dal), March
- 사월 (달) – sawol (dal), April
- 오월 (달) – owol (dal), May
- 유월 (달) – yuwol (dal), June
- 칠월 (달) – chilwol (dal), July
- 팔월 (달) – palwol (dal), August
- 구월 (달) – guwol (dal), September
- 시월 (달) – shiwol (dal), October
- 십일월 (달) – shipilwol (dal), November
- 십이월 (달) – shipiwol (dal), December
