Sino-Korean Number Posted by Soo on Oct 20, 2014 in Uncategorized
There are two kinds of number in Korea. In this week, you will learn Sino-Korean number. What is Sino by the way? Sino means china; Sino-Korean word is Chinese character. Korean has used one’s own speaking language but they didn’t have their own letters for a long time. Therefore, Korean still uses Sino number. Let’s study Sino-Korean number from one to ten first.
일/il/one
이/e/two
삼/sam/three
사/sa/four
오/o/five
육/yuk/six
칠/chil/seven
팔/pal/eight
구/goo/nine
십/sip/ten
After memorize these ten numbers, you just need to reuse these ten numbers to make other big numbers. For instance, if you want to say 20, you can add 이+십 (이십/eship/twenty). See more examples below.
19 (십 +구) = 십구
25 (이십 + 오) = 이십오
30 (삼 + 십) = 삼십
38 (삼 + 팔) = 삼십팔
90 (구 + 십) =구십
99 (구십 +구)= 구십구
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Soo came to America in 2002 for studying English and getting degrees in higher education. He’d never expected to work in America after he finished his college, but he got a great job in construction and had worked with them for three years. He also has working as a FT and PT Korean instructor and tutor for seven years in Korean and America. He got his TESOL certificate in 2011 and finished his master’s degree in 2014.