Native-Korean Number Posted by Soo on Nov 3, 2014 in Uncategorized
As I mentioned before there are two Korean numbers which are Sino-Korean number and Native-Korean number. There are only from 1 to 99 numbers in Native Korean number and it is used to count hours, age, people, and objects. Let’s learn 1 to 10 first and 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90 below.
1/하나/hana 2/둘/dool
3/셋/ses(set) 4/넷/nes(net)
5/다섯/daseot 6/여섯/yeoseot
7/일곱/ilgob 8/열덟/yowdeol
9/아홉/ahob 10/열/yeol
20/스물/seumul 30/서른/seoreun
40/마흔/maheun 50/쉰/swin
60/예순/yesun 70/일흔/ilheun
80/여든/yeodeun 90/아흔/aheun
Can you guess how to make number 11 using Native-Korean number? Yes, it is 열 하나 (10 + 1)/Yeol hana. How about 22? It is 스물 둘(20+2)/seumul dool. It is pretty simple to make any number under 99 if you memorize above numbers.
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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.