올해

[Meyna]

Hi peeps!!

I'm so baffled as to why "This year" is 올해 and not 이년. And since 'This year's is 올해 , then why don't we use 해 for 'Next year' too?

 

[idialegre]

I'm not a native speaker, but I'll just say that 이년 means "two years", so using it also to mean "this year" would probably create too much confusion.

 

[Rojininkorea]

There are two types !
This years, Next year
1. 올해, 이듬해
2. 금년(今年), 내년(來年)
(今 means this, now etc...)
Just many people use 올해, 내년

 

[Meyna]

I'm not a native speaker, but I'll just say that 이년 means "two years", so using it also to mean "this year" would probably create too much confusion.

There are two types !
This years, Next year
1. 올해, 이듬해
2. 금년(今年), 내년(來年)
(今 means this, now etc...)
Just many people use 올해, 내년

But I'm curious. Why do we not use 년 for this year instead of 해. In other languages like Mandarin and English, there is no change of words for 'Year'.

I'm wondering what's the difference

 

[Rojininkorea]

But I'm curious. Why do we not use 년 for this year instead of 해. In other languages like Mandarin and English, there is no change of words for 'Year'.

I'm wondering what's the difference

'해' is pure korean
'년' is chinese character

So, both have same meaning!

Many korean words have two types. one is chinese character, another is pure korean.
Hangeul was proclaimed in 1446. until that time, korean use chinese alphabet.
After proclaimed, upper class people use chinese alphabet, and normal class people use Hangeul.
From this reason, many korean words have different words in one meaning.
for example) number counting, 일 이 삼 사 / 하나 둘 셋 넷

 

[CharlesLee]

Hello,

You can say "이 해" as this year in English but Not 이년 as idialegre has already explained above.

Be careful of writing it as '이해' without a space.

Lee,

 

[kimjaejk]

This year means 이번년도or 올해

Next year means 다음'해' or 내년

 

[nagomi]

Hi peeps!!

I'm so baffled as to why "This year" is 올해 and not 이년. And since 'This year's is 올해 , then why don't we use 해 for 'Next year' too?

We do. "다음해", "이듬해"

But the more important guideline here is there's no such thing as a rule in language, which I don't feel I need to lecture you on becuase you already know it too.

One day, a friend of mine asked me why isn't Turkey written as 턹끼 in Korean because, that way, it'd be easier and would make more sense. I thought that was smart. But it's still wrong.

Some words or expressions are just used the way they are and that's the only correct form.