Korean numbers

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There are two types of number systems in Korean:

Native Korean numbers (from 1 to 99)

Sino-Korean numbers (from 1 to any number)

Either Native Korean or Sino-Korean numbers should be used depending on the situation. We will cover each situation in the following lessons. For now, learn these numbers as we will be using them in the next lesson.

  • Number
  • Native Korean
  • Sino-Korean
  • Remark
  • 1
  • 하나
  • 일
  • 2
  • 둘
  • 이
  • 3
  • 셋
  • 삼
  • 4
  • 넷
  • 사
  • 5
  • 다섯
  • 오
  • 6
  • 여섯
  • 육
  • read as:
    육 - at the beginning (e.g. 63)
    륙 - if preceded by a vowel or ㄹ
    (e.g. 5 - 6 [오륙], 1 - 6 [일륙])
    뉵 - if preceded by a consonant
    (e.g. 16 [심뉵])
  • 7
  • 일곱
  • 칠
  • 8
  • 여덟
  • 팔
  • 9
  • 아홉
  • 구
  • 10
  • 열
  • 십
  • 11
  • 열하나
  • 십일
  • 12
  • 열둘
  • 십이
  • 13
  • 열셋
  • 십삼
  • ...
  • ...
  • ...
  • 19
  • 열아홉
  • 십구
  • 20
  • 스물
  • 이십
  • 21
  • 스물하나
  • 이십일
  • 22
  • 스물둘
  • 이십이
  • 23
  • 스물셋
  • 이십삼
  • 30
  • 서른
  • 삼십
  • 34
  • 서른넷
  • 삼십사
  • 35
  • 서른다섯
  • 삼십오
  • 40
  • 마흔
  • 사십
  • 46
  • 마흔여섯
  • 사십육
  • 50
  • 쉰
  • 오십
  • 60
  • 예순
  • 육십
  • 70
  • 일흔
  • 칠십
  • 80
  • 여든
  • 팔십
  • 90
  • 아흔
  • 구십
  • 100
  • 백
  • 145
  • 백 사십 오
  • 1000
  • 천
  • ( 2 872 → 이 천 팔백 칠십 이 )
  • 10 000
  • 만
  • ( 10 093 → 만 구십 삼 )
  • 100 000
  • 십만
  • 1 000 000
  • 백만
  • 10 000 000
  • 천만
  • 100 000 000
  • 억
  • 1 000 000 000
    one billion
  • 십억
  • 10 000 000 000
  • 백억
  • 100 000 000 000
  • 천억
  • 1 000 000 000 000
    one trillion
  • 1조
  • 2 000 000 000 000
    one trillion
  • 2조

Remember:

When these five numbers: 하나, 둘, 셋, 넷, 스물 are followed by a counter word read and write them as 한, 두, 세, 네, 스무.

Native Korean Numbers

Sino-Korean Numbers

Exercises

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Vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j

Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)

Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')

Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.

IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.

Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky

Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her

Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel

Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive

Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently

Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till

Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while

Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.

Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?

Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!

Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!

Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).