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To ask “What hour and what minute is it?” in Korean, you can say:
“지금 몇 시 몇 분이에요?” (ji-geum myeot si myeot-bun-i-e-yo?)
This literally means “Now, what hour and what minute is it?”
Here’s the breakdown:
- 지금 (ji-geum) means “now”
- 몇 시 (myeot si) means “what hour”
- 몇 분 (myeot bun) means “what minute”
- 이에요 (i-e-yo) is the polite form of “is”
“지금 몇 시 몇 분이에요?” is a polite way to ask for both the hour and the minute.
To answer, you would give the time, such as: “지금 세 시 오 분이에요” which translates to”It’s 3:05 now.“
