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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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