십이월

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December

🎄 십이월 = 십 (ten) + 이 (two) + 월 (month): the twelfth month

Korean months are just number + 월 (month). 십이 is twelve (ten-two), from hanja 十二月. Said aloud, the ㅂ slides onto the next vowel, giving si-bi-wol, so learn it as one flowing word.

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