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#Unit_Lesson 23: Let's learn How to "Count Numbers" in Korean ^^ Part 1

~ Let's learn How to "Count Numbers" in Korean ^^ Part 1

Counting in Korean is pretty straightforward!

There are two sets of numbers in Korean: the native Korean system and the Sino-Korean system.

1. Sino-Korean system - is based on Chinese numbers and are used for dates, money, addresses, phone numbers, and numbers above 100.

2. Native Korean system - are used for numbers of items (1-99) and age.

We will start with counting in Sino-Korean. Let's start with some numbers between 1 and 20, before moving on to much larger numbers!

1 - 일 – eel 11 - 십일 - ship eel

2 - 이 – ee 12 - 십이 - ship ee

3 - 삼 – sam 13 - 십삼 - ship sam

4 - 사 – sa 14 - 십사 - ship sa

5 - 오 – o 15 - 십오 - ship o

6 - 육 – yook 16 - 십육 - ship yuk

7 - 칠 – chil 17 - 십칠 - ship shil

8 - 팔 – pal 18 - 십팔 - ship pal

9 - 구 – goo 19 - 십구 - ship gu

10 - 십 – ship 20 - 이십 - ee ship

Now we know how to count 1 - 20 using Sino-Korean. The lingering question now is, what if it goes to 30 and so on.....?

You will notice that after "십구 - ship gu" - 19, the next number becomes "이십 - i ship" meaning 20 (twenty) and it continues with the counting again.

Notice that the number 1 - 9 is placed at the beginning of the counting then "십" is next then the number 1 - 9 again.

Same rules applies for 30, 40 up to 99.

삼십 - sam ship - 30

사십 - sa ship - 40

오십 - o ship - 50

육십 - yuk ship - 60

칠십 - chil ship - 70

팔십 - pal ship - 80

구십 - gu ship - 90

What if it's in 100, 1,000, 10,000,100,000 and 1,000,000

뱍 - baek - 100

천 - cheon - 1,000

만 - man - 10,000

십만 - ship man - 100,000

백만 - baek man - 1,000,000

Remember: Sino-Korean system is used when:

~ counting money

~ measuring

~ phone numbers

~ Name of each days and months and

~ Math ^^

So... How will we write using Sino-Korean system?

Let's say...

18 - 십팔 (ship pal)

33 - 삼십 삼 (sam ship sam)

543 - 오백 사십 삼 (o baek sa ship sam)

494 - 사백 구십 사 (sa baek gu ship sa)

1991 - 천 구백 구십 일 (cheon gu baek gu ship il)

23,456 - 이만 삼천 사백 오십 육 (i man sam cheon sa baek o ship yuk)

Here is a simple way to remember on how to count in Sino-Korean.

억 만 천

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Eog Man Cheon

3 2 1 , 9 | 8 7 , 6 5 | 4 , 3 2 1

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천 백 십 천 백 십 백 십

Cheon baek sib Cheon baek sib baek sib

source courtesy of 코리안남매 Korean Nammae

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