{"id":4008,"date":"2016-11-02T11:25:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T11:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2018-03-01T21:05:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T02:05:45","slug":"sos-help-with-korean-numbers-and-counters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/sos-help-with-korean-numbers-and-counters\/","title":{"rendered":"SOS: HELP with Korean Numbers and Counters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you having trouble with Korean numbering systems?\u00a0At first, Korean numbering systems seem very complicated and confusing, please don\u2019t get frustrated.\u00a0They are easier than you think. Once you figure out how Korean numbering systems work,\u00a0you are one step closer to becoming a fluent speaker of fascinating Korean language<strong>. <\/strong>Everyone, hang in there!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4034 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Korean-Numbers-350x133.png\" alt=\"korean-numbers\" width=\"511\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Korean-Numbers-350x133.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Korean-Numbers-768x292.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Korean-Numbers-1024x389.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Korean-Numbers.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>English speakers use cardinal numbers (one, two, three, etc.) to show quantity and ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.) to show level\/position of something. Although it is somewhat different, Korean speakers also use two different numbering systems: One is Sino Korean numbers that derived from Chinese, and the other one is pure Korean numbers. I put the following charts together so that you can figure out the proper use of each numbering system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong><strong>\u00a0Sino Korean Numbers<\/strong>: These numbers can be used for <u>phone numbers, dates, and prices. <\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Click \u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Sino-Korean-Numbers.m4a\">Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 for pronunciation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4011 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Sino-Korean-numbers-350x241.png\" alt=\"sino-korean-numbers\" width=\"508\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Sino-Korean-numbers-350x241.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Sino-Korean-numbers-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Sino-Korean-numbers.png 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><strong>Ex) <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\uc804\ud654\ubc88\ud638<\/em> (phone numbers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\uc2dc\uc6b0<\/em> (Siwoo)\u00a0\u00a0 : <em>\uc804\ud654\ubc88\ud638\uac00 \ubb50\uc608\uc694<\/em><em>? <\/em>(What is your phone number?)<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \uc54c\ub809\uc2a4<\/em> (Alex)\u00a0\u00a0 : 017- 4989-2453 (<em>\uacf5\uc77c\uce60<\/em><em>-\uc0ac\uad6c\ud314\uad6c-\uc774\uc0ac\uc624\uc0bc<\/em>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\ub0a0\uc9dc <\/em>(dates)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\uc2dc\uc6b0 <\/em>(Siwoo) \u00a0: <em>\uc0dd\uc77c\uc774 \uba70\uce60\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/em><em>? <\/em> (What date is your birthday?)<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\uc54c\ub809\uc2a4<\/em> (Alex) : <em>5\uc6d4 4\uc77c\uc774\uc5d0\uc694.<\/em> (It\u2019s May 4<sup>th<\/sup>.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\uac00\uaca9 <\/em>(prices)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\uc2dc\uc6b0 <\/em>(Siwoo) : <em>\uc5bc\ub9c8\uc608\uc694<\/em><em>?<\/em> (How much is it?)<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\uc54c\ub809\uc2a4 <\/em>(Alex) : <em>100\uc6d0\uc774\uc5d0\uc694.<\/em> (It is 100 won.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Pure Korean Numbers<\/strong>: Pure Korean numbers can be used mainly to count objects (with classifiers), to count years in one&#8217;s age, and to count the hours (when telling time).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Pure-Korean-Numbers.mp3\">Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for pronunciation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4737 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Pure-Korean-Numbers-1-1024x638.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"562\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Pure-Korean-Numbers-1-1024x638.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Pure-Korean-Numbers-1-350x218.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Pure-Korean-Numbers-1-768x479.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Pure-Korean-Numbers-1.png 1312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*Keep in mind: The following pure Korean numbers <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">change their forms <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">when they are used with counters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 300px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>\ud558\ub098<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;<em>\ud55c<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 300px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>\ub458<\/em> &#8211;<em>\ub450<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 300px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>\uc14b<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>\uc138<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 300px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>\ub137<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>\ub124<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>\ub098\uc774<\/em> (age)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Do you remember these phrases from the October 19<sup>th<\/sup> post?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">When someone asks, <em>\u201c\uba87 \uc0b4\uc774\uc5d0\uc694?<\/em> (How old are you?),\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">you can answer <em>\u201c<\/em><em>\uc800\ub294<\/em><em> 25<\/em><em>\uc0b4\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/em><em>.<\/em> (I am 25 years old.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\uc2dc\uac04<\/em> (time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; \uba87 \uc2dc\uc608\uc694<\/em><em>?<\/em> (What time is it?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>\u00a0 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u>\ud55c<\/u><\/span><\/em><em> \uc2dc \uc0bc\uc2ed \ubd84\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/em><em>.<\/em> (It\u2019s 1:30.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 Counting with Pure Korean Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4013 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Counting-wiht-Purea-Korean-Numbers-350x211.png\" alt=\"counting-wiht-purea-korean-numbers\" width=\"495\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Counting-wiht-Purea-Korean-Numbers-350x211.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Counting-wiht-Purea-Korean-Numbers-768x464.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Counting-wiht-Purea-Korean-Numbers-1024x619.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Counting-wiht-Purea-Korean-Numbers.png 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\uac10\uc0ac\ud569\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/em><em>.<\/em><strong> (Thank you!)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Korean-Numbers-350x133.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Korean-Numbers-350x133.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Korean-Numbers-768x292.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Korean-Numbers-1024x389.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/11\/Korean-Numbers.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Are you having trouble with Korean numbering systems?\u00a0At first, Korean numbering systems seem very complicated and confusing, please don\u2019t get frustrated.\u00a0They are easier than you think. Once you figure out how Korean numbering systems work,\u00a0you are one step closer to becoming a fluent speaker of fascinating Korean language. Everyone, hang in there! 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