Lesson 10 Numbers and Counting
(472 total words in this text) In Korean there are two sets of numbers which are used when counting, the first set are known as pure Korean numbers, and the other are Sino-korean which is based on the chinese numerals.
The use of these numbers depends on the context in which it is used, for example the pure korean numbers are used when counting hours, and the sino korean when used to count minutes.
| kong |
0 |
|
| il |
1 |
|
shibil |
11 |
|
ishibil |
21 |
| i |
2 |
shibi |
12 |
ishibi |
22 |
| sam |
3 |
shipsam |
13 |
ishipsam |
23 |
| sa |
4 |
shipsa |
14 |
ishipsa |
24 |
| o |
5 |
shibo |
15 |
|
|
| yuk |
6 |
shimnyuk |
16 |
|
|
| ch'il |
7 |
shipch'il |
17 |
|
|
| p'al |
8 |
shipp'al |
18 |
|
|
| ku |
9 |
shibku |
19 |
ishipku |
29 |
| ship |
10 |
iship |
20 |
samship |
30 |
| |
|
|
| saship |
40 |
| kuship |
90 |
| paek |
100 |
| ch'on |
1000 |
| man |
10,000 |
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