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#Unit_Lesson 43: Numbers = Sino Korean Numbers

~ Numbers: Sino Korean Numbers

Grammar Focus:

There are two ways to express numbers in Korean. One is by using Sino-Korean numbers, and the other is by using native Korean numbers. Sino-Korean numbers are used to express such things as telephone numbers, bus route numbers, height, weight, address numbers, years, months, minutes, seconds, and prices.

In Conversation:

1. In Korean, large numbers are read based on units of the thousand (만) instead of thousands (천). Thus, 354,790 is interpreted as 35,4970 and read as 35 4970(→삼십오반 사천구백칠십). Similarly, 6,354,790 is interpreted as 635,4970 and read as 653 4790(→ 육백삼십오만 사천구백칠십).

· 26354790 → 2635/4790

이천육백심십오만 사천칠백구십

2. When a number larger than 1 begins with 1, the initial 1 (일) is not pronounced.

· 10: 십(일십x) 110: 백십(일백십x)

· 1,110: 천백십(일천백십x) 11,110: 만 천백십(일만 천백십x)

3. 16, 26, 36 --- 96 are pronounced [십뉵] [이심뉵] [삼심뉵]… [구심뉵].

4. ‘0’ is pronounced as either 공 or 영. When appearing in telephone numbers, 공 is used.

· 6550-8254 → 육오공팔의[에] 팔이오사.

· 010-4783-0274 → 공일공 사탈팔삼의[에] 공이칠사

5. There are two ways to read telephone numbers.

· 7804-3577 → 칠팔공사의[에] 삼오칠칠

→ 칠천팔백사 국의[에] 삼천오백칠십칠 번

· In this case 의 is pronounced as [에], not [의].

In Conversation:

A 사무실이 몇 층이에요? A What floor is the office on?

B 9층이에요. (구 층) B The 9th floor.

A 전화번호가 뭐예요? A What’s your phone number?

B 019-8729-9509예요. B It’s 091-8729-9509.

(공일구 팔칠이구의[에] 구오공구)

A 몇 번 버스를 타요? A What bus do you take?

B 705번 버스를 타요. (칠뱍오) B I take bus number 705.

A 책이 얼마예요? A How much is the book?

B 25,000원이에요. (이만오천) B It’s 25,000 won.

source courtesy of: korean grammar in use ^^