No. 8,073 in Korean
day
The Korean word for "day" is "날", meaning a 24-hour period.
In a sentence
오늘은 특별한 날이야.
Today is a special day.
In this sentence, '날' is used to simply mean 'day', referring to the current date being special.
그는 하루 종일 일을 했어요.
He worked all day long.
Here, '하루' is used to mean 'a day', emphasizing the period of one whole day.
이 문제는 몇 날이고 해결되지 않았습니다.
This problem has not been solved for several days.
In this sentence, '날' as part of '날이' suggests the plural form 'days', indicating a duration spanning multiple days.
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