English Shortcut to Korean Learning (쉽게 배울수 있는 조선어) is a self-study textbook published in 2019 by the Korea Publications Export and Import Corporation of Pyongyang (DPRK).
I have taken it on myself to transcribe the example sentences and vocabulary, as current material about the North Korean language is rare and plain text versions of learning materials are even harder to find.
This post is about the 10th chapter which is about days and months. For an overview of the book, see the head post
Please note that sentences and words below are as-is, I have tried to make sure that I have not introduced any mistakes and I have retouched some slightly awkward translations found in the book and added additional translations where I thought they would be of use.
Let me know if you have any corrections or suggestions for improvement!
Sentences
Subtitle
- 오늘이 며칠입니까?
- What is the date today?
- 구월 삼일입니다.
- It’s the third of September.
- 구월 구일입니다.
- It’s the ninth of September.
- 삼월 일일입니다.
- It’s the first of March.
- 오월 이십삼일입니다.
- It’s the twenty-third of May.
- 오늘은 며칠입니까?
- What’s the date today?
- 시월 십일입니다.
- It’s the tenth of October.
- 팔월 십일입니다.
- It’s the fifteenth of August.
- 십이월 이십륙일입니다.
- It’s the twenty-sixth of December.
- 오늘이 류월 륙일입니다.
- Is it the sixth of June today?
- 예. 그렇습니다. 륙일입니다.
- Yes, it is the sixth.
- 오늘이 이월 십칠일입니까?
- Is it the seventeenth of February today?
- 아닙니다. 이월십륙일, 광명성절입니다.
- No. It’s the sixteenth of February, the Day of the Shining Star.
- 오늘이 사월 십오일입니까?
- Is it the fifteenth of April?
- 예. 사월십오일, 태양절입니다.
- Yes. It is the fifteenth of April, the Day of the Sun.
Let me know if you have any corrections or suggestions for improvement!