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The Bigger Numbers Posted by Ginny on Jul 16, 2009
1000 – chun (천) 2000 – i chun (이천) From 1000 – 9000, it’s the numeral plus thousand. For example, 3,000 = 3 (삼) and 1000 (천). For example, a number like 4,567 would be: 4 thousand (사천) 5 hundred (오백) 60 (육십) 7 (칠). 10,000 – man (만) 20,000 – i man (이만) Numbers…
Sino Korean Numbers Continued Posted by Ginny on Jul 13, 2009
20 – i ship (이십) 30 – sam ship (삼십) 40 – sa ship (사십) 50 – o ship (오십) 60 – yuk ship (육십) 70 – chil ship (칠십) 80 – pal ship (팔십) 90 – gu ship (구십) 100 – bek (백) 200 – i bek (이백) 300 – sam bek (삼백) For…
Sino Korean Numbers Posted by Ginny on Jul 10, 2009
0 – young (영) 0 – gong (공) 1 – il (일) 2 – e (이) 3 – sam (삼) 4 – sa (사) 5 – o (오) 6 – yuk (육) 7 – chil (칠) 8 – pal (팔) 9 – gu (구) 10 – ship (십) 11 – ship il (십일) 12 –…
Korean Native Numbers Continued Posted by Ginny on Jul 7, 2009
20 – sumul (스물) 30 – surun (서른) 40 – mahun (마흔) 50 – shwin (쉰) 60 – yesun (예순) 70 – ilhun (일흔) 80 – yodun (여든) 90 – ahun (아흔) 100 – bek (백) One thing I want to point out is that numbers ending in 1, 2, 3, or 4 will be…
Native Korean Numbers Posted by Ginny on Jul 4, 2009
1 – hana (하나) 2 – dul (둘) 3 – set (셋) 4 – net (넷) 5 – dasot (다섯) 6 – yosot (여섯) 7 – ilkop (일곱) 8 – yodolph (여덟) 9 – ahop (아홉) 10 – yol (열) 11 – yol hana (열하나) 12 – yol dul (열둘) There are two number systems…
Basic Phrases Posted by Ginny on Jul 1, 2009
I tried to think of some useful phrases that might be useful at some point in your life. 여보세요 – (yoboseyo) hello (only used when answering the phone) 내일 만나요 – (neil manayo) see you tomorrow (literally, “meet tomorrow”) 다음에 또 봐요 – (daume ddo bayo) see you again next time 나중에 봐요 – (najunge…
Korean Onomatopoeia Posted by Ginny on Jun 28, 2009
Today’s post is on 의성어 or onomatopoeias. I’d say that some of these are close to the English version, while others are radically different. 1) 쾅 – is a sound that is made something hits the ground. Like for example, if you fall down the stairs and your head hits the floor. 2) 멍멍 –…