Example Sentences#

1. 몇 달 후 그 말이 돌아왔고, 몇 마리의 다른 말도 데리고 왔습니다.¹
   A few months later, the horse returned, bringing a few other horses.
   • 몇 means ‘several’ or ‘a few’.
2. 현우: 맞아, 사람이 너무 많아서 지하철도 몇 번이나 그냥 지나가고, 택시도 잘 안 잡혀서 늦을 뻔했어.²
   Hyunwoo: Yeah, there were so many people that a bunch of subways just passed by, and taxis were hard to catch, so I was almost late.
   • 몇 means ‘several’ or ‘some’.
3. 하지만 네가 아무 때나 온다면, 나는 몇 시에 마음의 준비를 해야 할지 알 수 없을 거야…”³
   But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour to prepare my heart…”
   • 몇 is an interrogative determiner meaning ‘how many’ or ‘which number’, used to ask about an unknown quantity or number.