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As I promised in the last lesson, in this lesson I will be teaching you how to count in Korean. I know that this feels like your back in kinder garden, but learning new language will surely make you feel like that.
There are two sets of words exist for counting in Korean. One is native Korean, and the other derives from Chinese. The Chinese system is the most common particularly after 10. In saying days, money, mileage, and so on; they usually use the Chinese system
Let`s learn the native Korean first. {1-10}
1- 하나(hana) [ha-na]
2- 둘(deul) [dool]
3- 셋(set) [set]
4- 넷(net) [net]
5- 다섯(taseot) [tah-sot]
6- 여섯(yeoseot) [yo-sot]
7- 일곱(ilgop) [il-gop]
8- 여덟(yeodeolp) [yo-dol]
9- 아홉(ahop) [ah-hope]
10- 열(yeol) [yol]
The other way of counting in Korean is the one that derives from Chinese. Chinese count as 一-二-三 (ee-er-san) [1-2-3].
You will figure out later that they will sound somewhat the same.
This groups of words below will be the one that derives from Chinese.
hint: there is a pattern.
note: you will see the pattern as you go through it.
1- 일 (il) [eel]
2- 이 (ee) [ee]
3- 삼 (sam) [sam]
4- 사 (sa) [sa]
5- 오 (o) [oh]
6- 육 (yok) [yoke]
7- 칠 (chil) [chill]
8- 팔 (pal) [pal]
9- 구 (gu) [goo]
10- 십 (sip) [ship]
11- 십일 (sipil) [ship-eel]
12- 십이 (sipee) [ship-ee]
13- 십삼 (sipsam) [ship-sam]
14- 십사 (sipsa) [ship-sa]
15- 십오 (sipo) [ship-oh]
16- 십육 (sipyok) [ship-yoke]
17- 십칠 (sipchil) [ship-chill]
18- 십팔 (sipal) [ship-pal]
19- 십구 (sipgu) [ship-goo]
20- 이십 (eesip) [ee-ship]
21- 이십일 (eesipil) [ee-ship-eel]
22- 이십이 (eesipee) [ee-ship-ee]
23- 이십삼 (eesipsam) [ee-ship-sam]
24- 이십사 (eesipsa) [ee-ship-sa]
25- 이십오 (eesipo) [ee-ship-oh]
26- 이십육 (eesipyok) [ee-ship-yoke]
27- 이십칠 (ee-sipchil) [ee-ship-chill]
28- 이십팔 (eesippal) [ee-ship-pal]
29- 이십구 (eesipgu) [ee-ship-goo]
30- 삼십 (samsip) [sam-ship]
40- 사십 (sasip) [sa-ship]
50- 오십 (osip) [oh-ship]
60- 육십 (yoksip) [yoke-ship]
70- 칠십 (chilsip) [chill-ship]
80- 팔십 (palsip) [pal-ship]
90- 구십 (gusip) [goo-ship]
100- 백 (baek) [bek]
101- 백일 (baekil) [bek-eel]
102- 백이 (baekee) [bek-ee]
200- 이백 (eebaek) [ee-bek]
300- 삼백 (sambaek) [sam-bek]
400- 사백 (sabaek) [sa-bek]
1,000- 천 (cheon) [chon]
10,000- 만 (man) [man]
20,000- 이만 (eeman) [ee-man]
30,000- 삼만 (samman) [sam-man]
40,000- 사만 (saman) [sa-man]
50,000- 오만 (oman) [oh-man]
Did you get the pattern? The pattern is the same on how you count in English.
Remember!
- the pattern that you learned in Chinese system is the same for native Korean.
- When your counting referring on money just add 원 (weon) [won].
- 원 (weon) [won] is what Koreans called their money.
Did you realized that "ㅅ" sounds like "T" and it should be "S". There is a rule in Korean language that "ㅅ" and "ㅆ" will sometimes sound as "T" not "S". In this matter, I'm really sorry I cannot explain this carefully for now because the way of how they spell their words are very complicated. I asked my Korean friend WHY they spelled it like that but doesn't sounds like they should be; she answered me "I DON"T HAVE AN IDEA, Its just came out like that." Learning Korean is not the same way as English.
BUT,
From what I observed as I learned Korean, "ㅅ" and "ㅆ" will sound as "T" when there is no word after it and if its at the bottom (넷)** and (떴)**. One more thing is if the next word sounds like "T" (떴다)**.
That info might help you.
Another memo: I forgot to tell you this in the first lesson where you learn the Korean scripts. There are minimum of 2 scripts (아) and maximum of 4 scripts (많) to make a word.
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떴다 (Tteotta) [tot-ta] means Outing
넷 (net) [net] means 4
떴 (Tteot) [tot] for this there should be another syllable after or before to complete the word.
Is your brain about to explode? too much memorization eh!
Practice the words/numbers above. If you are comfortable with it, the next lesson will be a piece of cake for you.
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Thanks and Enjoy
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