1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and so on ~ The numeral system play an important role in learning a language. We talk about time, price, how many, date, age, etc. So now I'm going to introduce you guys the Korean numeral system. There are two numeral system that you have to learn for Korean language: The Native Korean numeral system and the Sino-Korean numeral system.


The Sino - Korean Numeral System

1 = 일
2 = 이
3 = 삼
4 = 사
5 = 오
6 = 육
7 = 칠
8 = 팔
9 = 구
10 = 십
11 = 십일 (십 is ten, 일 is one)
12 = 십이
13 = 십삼
20 = 이십 (이 is two, 십 is ten)
30 = 삼십
50 = 오십
70 = 칠십
90 = 구십
100 = 백
102 = 백이 (백 is hundred, 이 is two - notice we don't add 일 in front of 백)
108 = 백팔
120 = 백이십
150 = 백오십
200 = 이백
202 = 이백 이
468 = 사백 육십 팔 (사백 is 400, 육십 is 60, 팔 is 8)
1000 = 천
2000 = 이천
2500 = 이천 오백
10000 = 만
10500 = 만 오백
23579 = 이만 삼천 오백 칠십 구(이만 is 20000,삼천 is 4000,오백 is 500,칠십 is 70,구 is 9)

The Native Korean Numeral System

1 = 하나
2 = 둘
3 = 셋
4 = 넷
5 = 다섯
6 = 여섯
7 = 일곱
8 = 여덟
9 = 아홉
10 = 열
11 = 열 하나
12 = 열 둘
13 = 열 셋
18 = 열 여덟
20 = 스물
21 = 스물 하나
22 = 스물 둘
24 = 스물 넷
30 = 서른
40 = 마흔
50 = 쉰
60 = 예순
70 = 일흔
75 = 일흔 다섯
80 = 여든
90 = 아흔
100 = 백

Compare both Sino-Korean and Native Korean numeral system, Sino-Korean is easier to remember but both numeral system is important as you will study for future lesson. There are some pronunciation to take note, the word 셋, 넷, 다섯 all end with final consonant "ㅅ", the pronunciation should be end with "t" sound (셋 - set, 넷 - net, 다섯 - dasot)

Another pronunciation that should be take note is 여덟. Notice that 덟 end with final consonant "ㅂ" but the sound is ignore and therefore pronounce as "yodol - 여덟".

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