In this part, we are going to look at how to say “approximately” or “about” when you talk
about quantity, frequency, time, etc. There are many different ways you can say this in Korean,
but the most commonly used expression is 쯤 [ jjeum].
In English, “about”, “approximately”, and “around” are used BEFORE nouns. However, in Korean,
the word 쯤 [ jjeum] is used AFTER nouns.
Examples
1 o’clock = 한 시 [han si]