YUKI’S KOREAN DIARY · CHAPTER ELEVEN

What Time Is It?

몇 시예요?

A1 · Time & the school week4 scenes12 key lines · 33 in fullN밖에 + 없어요

The time is right. The day is not.

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The original Episode 11, with the subtitle language you choose.

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Read the original episode dialogue below. Start with 12 highlights, or open all 33 original dialogue turns. The study section labels added practice examples separately.

12 highlighted dialogue turns.

SCENE 01 / 04

Monday to Friday. What about the weekend?

Hyeju hands out the semester’s schedule: speaking in the morning, writing in the afternoon. Amina celebrates the free weekends. Yuki struggles with the day names, and Théo has a very long explanation.

Hyeju presenting the Monday-to-Friday class schedule. Original Episode 11 artwork.

Hyeju, the teacher

수업은 월요일부터 금요일까지예요. 오전에는 말하기, 오후에는 쓰기예요.

Classes are Monday to Friday. Speaking in the morning, writing in the afternoon.

Amina

와! 주말은 수업이 없어요!

Yay! No classes on weekends!

Yuki

그런데 요일 이름이 너무 어려워요. 화요일? 수요일? 목요일?

But the names of the days are so hard. Tuesday? Wednesday? Thursday?

SCENE 02 / 04

Nine thirty—to the second.

Yuki reads the clock as nine thirty. Lucas gives the time down to the second, which impresses Amina. Yuki notices his watch and thinks about the one watch she owns.

Lucas checking his wristwatch and saying nine thirty and twenty seconds. Original Episode 11 artwork.

Hyeju, the teacher

유키 씨, 지금 몇 시예요?

Yuki, what time is it now?

Yuki

음… 아홉 시 반이에요!

Um… it's nine thirty!

Yuki · inner thought

저는 시계가 하나밖에 없어요. 루카스 씨 시계는 정말 좋아요!

I only have one watch. Lucas's watch is really nice!

SCENE 03 / 04

A calendar full of new words

During the break, Théo opens his calendar. They talk about the date, months, and weeks—and practise the special month names 유월 and 시월. Amina’s head is spinning.

Théo pointing to March 16 on a calendar while Yuki asks the date. Original Episode 11 artwork.

Yuki

테오 씨, 오늘 날짜가 며칠이에요?

Théo, what's the date today?

Théo

3월 16일이에요. 월요일이에요. 이번 주의 첫날이에요.

It's March 16th. It's Monday — the first day of this week.

Théo

6월은 유월, 10월은 시월이에요. 같이 읽어요. 유월, 시월!

June is yuwol, and October is siwol. Let's say them together: yuwol, siwol!

SCENE 04 / 04

The classroom is empty. It is Saturday.

Yuki arrives for a test, but nobody else is there. A phone call to Amina clears things up: today is Saturday, tomorrow is Sunday, and the test is on Monday—the day after tomorrow.

Yuki alone at a desk on Saturday morning, wondering where everyone is. Original Episode 11 artwork.

Yuki · to herself

오늘은 시험이에요. 그런데 왜 아무도 없어요?

Today's the test. So why is nobody here?

Amina

네? 유키 씨! 시험은 모레예요. 월요일이에요!

What? Yuki! The test is the day after tomorrow. On Monday!

Amina

오늘은 토요일이에요. 내일은 일요일이에요!

Today is Saturday. Tomorrow is Sunday!

The dates and semester length belong to the story. In the final scene, follow the stated order: Saturday → Sunday → Monday.

FROM THE ORIGINAL VIDEO · LEARNING REPLAY

Only ten minutes. Only me.

These three review turns appear in the original video after the vocabulary review. They are separate learning examples. The replay’s exam date is not a new date to insert into the main story’s timeline.

Yuki

오늘은 시간이 십 분밖에 없어요. 수업은 아홉 시예요.

I only have ten minutes today. Class is at nine.

Théo

시험은 삼월 십육 일이에요. 이번 주말에는 수업이 없어요.

The exam is on March sixteenth. There is no class this weekend.

Yuki

주말이에요? 교실에 저밖에 없어요!

It's the weekend? I'm the only one in the classroom!

An empty classroom. A helpful call. One more reason to check the day.

FROM THE STORY TO YOUR OWN WORDS

A small amount. A different way to say it.

Use 밖에 없어요 to say what is there—and what is not.

01

Three ways to say “only.”

01FROM THE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE

저는 시계가 하나밖에 없어요.

I only have one watch.

Yuki’s thought in scene 2. 하나밖에 없어요 means she has one watch and no more. It does not mean she has no watch.

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02FROM THE VIDEO’S LEARNING REPLAY

오늘은 시간이 십 분밖에 없어요.

I only have ten minutes today.

From the video’s learning replay. Attach 밖에 to 분 and keep 없어요. Ten minutes are available; there is no more time than that.

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03FROM THE VIDEO’S LEARNING REPLAY

교실에 저밖에 없어요!

I’m the only one in the classroom!

From the learning replay. 저 means “I/me” here. Yuki is present, but no one else is in the classroom.

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02

Only this much. Nothing more.

TODAY’S GRAMMAR

N밖에
없어요

Attach 밖에 to a noun or quantity, then use a negative expression. N밖에 없어요 means there is nothing except N. The thing named before 밖에 is still there.

십 분만 있어요.Only ten minutes are available.
십 분밖에 없어요.There is no more than ten minutes.

The amount can be the same. 밖에 often draws attention to a small or limited amount; it does not always mean the speaker is disappointed. In this pair, 만 goes with 있어요 and 밖에 goes with 없어요.

Write 밖에 directly after the noun or quantity: 저밖에, 하나밖에, 십 분밖에. There is no consonant/vowel change. In 저는 시계가 하나밖에 없어요, 시계가 stays; 밖에 attaches to 하나.

For today, practise 밖에 없어요. You will also meet 밖에 with 안 or 못 later. 만 can occur with other endings too; it does not always require 있어요. The separate place word 밖, as in 집 밖에, means “outside” and is different.

TIME AVAILABLE

Ten minutes are available in both sentences.

십 분 + 밖에 + 없어요

FROM THE VIDEO’S LEARNING REPLAY

오늘은 시간이 십 분밖에 없어요.

I only have ten minutes today.

밖에 goes with the negative 없어요. There are ten minutes, and no more—not zero minutes.

The diagrams and all 만 versions are added practice. The 밖에 sentences come from scene 2 or the video’s learning replay, as labelled. The ring introduces the amount; it is not a live countdown or a clock face.
03

Check the form. Make it yours.

PRACTICE 01

Complete the replay sentence using 밖에.시간이 십 분밖에 ___.

Choose an answer to see why.

PRACTICE 02

What does 교실에 저밖에 없어요 mean?교실에 저밖에 없어요.

Choose an answer to see why.

PRACTICE 03

Keep the positive ending 있어요 and say “only ten minutes.” Which fits?시간이 십 분___ 있어요.

Choose an answer to see why.

0 of 3 correct.

How much time do you have?

Imagine a short break. Write how much time you have: 시간이 ___ 분밖에 없어요. Try five, ten, or twenty minutes (오·십·이십). Keep 밖에 next to 분 and finish with 없어요.

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