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Korean has two sets of numbers, namely native Korean numbers and Sino-Korean
numbers (which are borrowed from Chinese). Both come in handy, but in a pinch the
Sino-Korean series is more important to learn.
Sino-Korean Numbers
Sino-Korean numbers are used for amounts of currency, telephone numbers, the 24-hour
clock and counting minutes. Remember that sip is pronounced "ship".
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(gong)
1
(il)
2
(i)
3
(sam)
4
(sa)
5
(o)
6
(yuk)
7
(chil)
8
(pal)
9
(gu)
10
(sip)
11
(sipil)
12
(sipee)
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13
(sipsam)
14
(sipsa)
15
(sipo)
16
(sipyuk)
17
(sipchil)
18
(sippal)
19
(sipgu)
20
(isip)
21
(isipil)
22
(isipi)
23
(isipsam)
30
(samsip)
40
(sasip)
50
(osip)
60
(yuksip)
70
(chilsip)
80
(palsip)
90
(gusip)
100
(baek)
200
(ibaek)
300
(sambaek)
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1000
(cheon)
2000
(icheon)
10000
(man)
1,000,000
(baekman)
1,000,000,000
(sipeok)
1,000,000,000,000
(jo)
number _____ (train, bus, etc.)
_____ (, , etc.) (beon (yeolcha, beoseu, etc.)
half
(ban)
less
(deol)
more
(deo)
Native Korean Numbers
Native Korean numbers are used for hours and with counting words. There are a plethora
of these, but the most useful ones are bun () for people, jang () for papers including
tickets, and gae () for pretty much anything else (which is not always strictly correct, but
will usually be understood). Note that for numbers 1,2,3,4,and 20 + 'counting words',the
last letter is dropped: one person is hanbun, two tickets is tujang , three things is segae,
four things is negae, twenty things is seumugae.
1
(hana)
2
(tul)
3
(set)
4
(net)
5
(taseot)
6
(yeoseot)
7
(ilgop)
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8
(yeodeol)
9
(ahop)
10
(yeol)
11
(yeolhana)
20
(seumul)
30
(seoreun)
40
(maheun)
50
(swin)
60
(yesun)
70
(ilheun)
80
(yeodeun)
90
(aheun)
Numbers above 100 are always counted with Sino-Korean numbers.
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