Learning English

Bolam
안녕하세요. How do I에 오신 것을 환영합니다. 저는 손보람입니다. 오늘은 Sian과 함께할게요.

Sian
Hi, everybody!

Bolam
오늘은 특별한 날과 시간을 얘기할 때 쓸 수 있는 표현을 배워보도록 하겠습니다. 세 사람이 어떤 날에 대해 얘기하는 것을 먼저 들어볼게요. 이해하지 못해도 걱정하지 마세요. 저희가 잠시 후에 같이 살펴볼게요. 일단, 이들이 어떤 날에 대해 얘기하고 있는지 맞춰보세요.

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I was born at 3 p.m. on Sunday the 6th March.
I was born in the summer, in July.
I was born in 1992.

Bolam
네 모두들 자신의 생일에 대해 말하고 있네요. 모두들 I was born 내가 태어났다..라는 표현을 썼습니다. 그럼 이제 시간을 얘기할 때 쓰는 전치사를 살펴볼까요?

Sian
Yes, let's do that. So there are three main prepositions we use to talk about time and they are 'at', 'on' and 'in', and there are some simple rules about when to use them.

Bolam
1시 정각이나 9시 정각과 같은 특정 시간을 말하는 표현 먼저 살펴볼게요. 어떤 전치사를 사용했는지 기억하시나요? Let's listen again to find out.

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I was born at 3 p.m..

Sian
That's right. So we use 'at' with specific times. For example, 'see you at 2 o'clock'. Let's check the pronunciation – the word 'at' is not very strong in the sentence so it sounds like 'ut'.

Let's practise. Repeat after me:
at 3 p.m.
I was born at 3 p.m.

Bolam
주말에..라는 뜻인 at the weekend와 같은 표현이나, 밤에..라는 뜻의 at night 같은 표현에도 at을 쓸 수 있습니다. 

Sian
Yes, now let's look at days. Can you remember which preposition was used with days, like 'Sunday'? Let's listen again to find out.

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I was born on Sunday.

Sian
OK, so we use 'on' with days, so for example 'on Monday', 'on Tuesday'.

Bolam
요일 앞에도 on을 쓸 수 있고 특정 날짜 앞에도 쓸 수 있습니다. 예를 들어 'on the 6th of March' 이렇게 말할 수 있겠죠.

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I was born on the 6th of March.

Sian
So, that leaves us one more preposition, 'in'. Can you remember what kinds of words 'in' was used with in the examples you heard? Let's listen again to check.

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I was born in the summer, in July.
I was born in 1992.

Bolam
네 여기서 summer 여름과 같은 계절 앞에 전치사 in이 쓰였네요. July 7월과 같은 달 앞이나 1992 년 과 같은 년도 앞에도 in이 쓰였습니다.

Sian 
Yes, so 'in' is used with longer periods of time. We also use 'in' with 'the morning', 'the afternoon' and 'the evening'. For example, 'see you in the morning'.

Bolam
Today 오늘 이나 tomorrow 내일.. 같이 전치사를 쓰지 않는 표현도 있지않나요?

Sian
That's right. So we just say 'see you tomorrow' with no preposition. We also don't need 'at', 'on' or 'in' with phrases with 'next', for example 'next week' or 'next year'. It's time for us to go now, but we'll be back at the same time next week.

Bolam
See you next week Sian, bye everyone!

Sian 
Bye, everyone!