Evening time in Korean 🇰🇷

저녁때 info.

Tips to remember:
• Think of 저녁 (jeonyeok) as “dinner/evening.” Combining it with 때 (ttae), which means “time,” helps you remember the complete phrase means “evening time.”
• Imagine a typical evening scene—having dinner and spending time with family—to link 저녁때 with the concept of the evening.

Explanations:
• 저녁때 is a compound where 저녁 means “evening” and 때 means “time” or “when.” It refers to the period of the day when evening occurs.
• In conversation, it is used to indicate the time of an event or activity that takes place in the evening.

Other words with similar meaning:
• 저녁에 (jeonyeok-e) – “in the evening”
• 저녁시간 (jeonyeok-sigan) – “evening time” or “dinner time”

Alternate meanings:
• There are no widely used slang meanings for 저녁때; it is generally understood in its literal sense referring to the evening.

Examples of sentences:
1. 오늘 저녁때 우리 같이 영화 볼래요?
(Oneul jeonyeok-ttae uri gachi yeonghwa bollaeyo?)
Translation: “Do you want to watch a movie together this evening?”

2. 저녁때 산책하면서 하루를 마무리해요.
(Jeonyeok-ttae sanchaekhamyeonseo harureul mamurihayo.)
Translation: “I finish off my day with an evening walk.”

3. 친구들이 저녁때 모여서 맛있는 음식을 먹었어요.
(Chingudeul-i jeonyeok-ttae moyeoseo masinneun eumsigeul meogeosseoyo.)
Translation: “My friends gathered in the evening and ate delicious food.”

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