Bedeutung
A polite way to ask for the time or date of an event.
Kultureller Hintergrund
Punctuality is highly valued in professional settings. Asking '언제인가요?' for a meeting implies you intend to be there 5-10 minutes early. The Lunar Calendar ({陰曆|음력}) is still used for traditional holidays like Seollal and Chuseok. If you ask '언제인가요?' about these, the date changes every year. In dating culture, '언제인가요?' can be used to subtly ask for a first date without being too pushy, often phrased as '시간이 언제 괜찮으신가요?' (When is your time okay?). The concept of 'First Birthday' (Doljanchi) is huge. Asking '돌잔치가 언제인가요?' is a common way to show interest in a colleague's family life.
The 'Soft' Question
Use '언제인가요?' when you want to sound inquisitive but not demanding. It's the 'polite curiosity' ending.
Verb Trap
Never say '언제 먹다인가요?'. For verbs, the ending changes to '~나요?'. Only use '인가요' with nouns.
Bedeutung
A polite way to ask for the time or date of an event.
The 'Soft' Question
Use '언제인가요?' when you want to sound inquisitive but not demanding. It's the 'polite curiosity' ending.
Verb Trap
Never say '언제 먹다인가요?'. For verbs, the ending changes to '~나요?'. Only use '인가요' with nouns.
Honorifics Matter
If asking an elder, change '언제인가요?' to '언제이신가요?' to be extra respectful.
Teste dich selbst
Fill in the blank to ask when the meeting is politely.
회의가 _______?
'언제인가요' is the most appropriate polite-formal choice provided.
Which sentence is the most natural for a professional email?
Asking about a deadline:
It balances politeness and professionalism perfectly for an email.
Complete the dialogue.
A: 생일 파티가 _______? B: 이번 주 토요일 저녁이에요.
The answer 'Saturday evening' indicates the question must be about 'When' (언제).
Match the phrase to the situation.
You are at a hotel and want to know the breakfast time.
Asking for the time of breakfast requires '언제인가요'.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Visuelle Lernhilfen
Politeness Levels of 'When is it?'
Aufgabensammlung
4 Aufgaben회의가 _______?
'언제인가요' is the most appropriate polite-formal choice provided.
Asking about a deadline:
It balances politeness and professionalism perfectly for an email.
A: 생일 파티가 _______? B: 이번 주 토요일 저녁이에요.
The answer 'Saturday evening' indicates the question must be about 'When' (언제).
You are at a hotel and want to know the breakfast time.
Asking for the time of breakfast requires '언제인가요'.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
10 FragenYes, slightly. '언제인가요?' feels more like a consultative or written register, while '언제예요?' is the standard for spoken conversation.
No. For verbs, use '언제 [Verb]나요?'. For example, '언제 오나요?' (When are you coming?).
Use the past tense: '언제였나요?'.
It might sound a bit too formal. With friends, '언제야?' or just '언제?' is better.
Yes, but in some contexts like '언제 한번', it can mean 'sometime'.
The most formal version is '언제입니까?'.
Absolutely. It is very common in professional emails.
Add '쯤' after the noun or '언제': '언제쯤인가요?'.
In texting, people often write '언제임?' or '언제임요?'.
The 'ㄴ' is part of the descriptive interrogative suffix '~ㄴ가'.
Verwandte Redewendungen
언제든지
similarAnytime
언제나
similarAlways
몇 시예요?
specialized formWhat time is it?
언제쯤
builds onAbout when
언제부터
builds onFrom when
