There are actually two number system in Korean, used at different times.
The first is the Sino-Korean number system, which is used for:
- Telling the time (Minutes and seconds)
- Money
- Addresses
- Dates
From 1-10, the Sino-Korean numbers go a little something like this:
1: 일 (il)
2: 이 (ee)
3: 삼 (sahm)
4: 사 (sah)
5: 오 (o)
6: 육 (yook)
7: 칠 (cheel)
8: 팔 (pall)
9: 구 (goo)
10: 십 (sheep)
How do you go from 11 upwards, though? It's easy.
In the number 11, the tens digit is '10' and the units digit is '1', so if you take 10 (십) and 1 (일) and combine them, you get 십일! (eleven!)
11: 십일 (shee-beel)
12: 십이 (shee-bee)
13: 십삼 (sheep-sahm)
14: 십사 (sheep-sah)
15: 십오 (shee-boh)
16: 십육 (shee-myook)
17: 십칠 (sheep-cheel)
18: 십팔 (sheeb-PAL) REMEMBER to really put emphasis on the 'p' sound, or it may sound like a common Korean swear word!
19: 십구 (sheep-goo)
How do we make 20?
20 is made up of 2 and 10, right? So all we do is put 2 and 10 together! What will 20 be?
20: 일십 (il-ship)
And we can apply this logic to the rest of the numbers too.
20: 일십 (il-sheep)
21: 일십일 (il-sheep-il)
22: 일십이 (il-sheep-ee)
23: 일십삼 (il-sheep-sam)
30: 삼십 (sahm-sheep)
40: 사십 (sa-sheep)
50: 오십 (oh-sheep)
60: 육십 (yook-ship)
70: 칠십 (cheel-ship)
80: 팔십 (pal-ship)
90: 구십 (goo-ship)
100: 백 (bek)
How do we make 101? (Hint: apply the same logic here!)
How do we make 175?
How do we make 194?
Here are all the hundreds:
100: 백 (bek)
200: 이백 (ee-bek)
300: 삼백 (sam-bek)
400: 사백 (sah-bek)
500: 오백 (oh-bek)
600: 육백 (yook-bek)
700: 칠백 (cheel-bek)
800: 팔백 (pal-bek)
900: 구백 (goo-bek)
1,000: 천 (chun)
How do we make 541?
How do we make 672?
How do we make 999?
Here are the thousands:
1,000: 천 (chuhn)
2,000: 이천 (ee-chuhn)
3,000: 삼천 (sam-chuhn)
4,000: 사천 (sa-chuhn)
5,000: 오천 (oh-chuhn)
6,000: 육천 (yook-chuhn)
7,000: 칠천 (cheel-chuhn)
8,000: 팔천 (pal-chuhn)
9,000: 구천 (goo-chuhn)
10,000: 만 (mahn)
How do we make 1,561?
How do we make 4,616?
How do we make 10,999?
In the next post, I'll cover the other Korean number system, so let's just say that this is 'Part 1'. There will not be a Korean fact or a poll for the next post here, but I hope this somewhat helped!
bYe
The first is the Sino-Korean number system, which is used for:
- Telling the time (Minutes and seconds)
- Money
- Addresses
- Dates
From 1-10, the Sino-Korean numbers go a little something like this:
1: 일 (il)
2: 이 (ee)
3: 삼 (sahm)
4: 사 (sah)
5: 오 (o)
6: 육 (yook)
7: 칠 (cheel)
8: 팔 (pall)
9: 구 (goo)
10: 십 (sheep)
How do you go from 11 upwards, though? It's easy.
In the number 11, the tens digit is '10' and the units digit is '1', so if you take 10 (십) and 1 (일) and combine them, you get 십일! (eleven!)
11: 십일 (shee-beel)
12: 십이 (shee-bee)
13: 십삼 (sheep-sahm)
14: 십사 (sheep-sah)
15: 십오 (shee-boh)
16: 십육 (shee-myook)
17: 십칠 (sheep-cheel)
18: 십팔 (sheeb-PAL) REMEMBER to really put emphasis on the 'p' sound, or it may sound like a common Korean swear word!
19: 십구 (sheep-goo)
How do we make 20?
20 is made up of 2 and 10, right? So all we do is put 2 and 10 together! What will 20 be?
20: 일십 (il-ship)
And we can apply this logic to the rest of the numbers too.
20: 일십 (il-sheep)
21: 일십일 (il-sheep-il)
22: 일십이 (il-sheep-ee)
23: 일십삼 (il-sheep-sam)
30: 삼십 (sahm-sheep)
40: 사십 (sa-sheep)
50: 오십 (oh-sheep)
60: 육십 (yook-ship)
70: 칠십 (cheel-ship)
80: 팔십 (pal-ship)
90: 구십 (goo-ship)
100: 백 (bek)
How do we make 101? (Hint: apply the same logic here!)
Answer: 백일 (be-gil)
100 is 백 and one is 일, and when we combine them, you get 백일! (NOTE: you do NOT have to put 일백일)
100 is 백 and one is 일, and when we combine them, you get 백일! (NOTE: you do NOT have to put 일백일)
How do we make 175?
Answer: 백칠십오 (bek-cheel-shi-bo)
100: 백
75: 칠십오
175: 백칠십오
100: 백
75: 칠십오
175: 백칠십오
How do we make 194?
Answer: 백구십사
100: 백
94: 구십사
194: 백구십사
100: 백
94: 구십사
194: 백구십사
Here are all the hundreds:
100: 백 (bek)
200: 이백 (ee-bek)
300: 삼백 (sam-bek)
400: 사백 (sah-bek)
500: 오백 (oh-bek)
600: 육백 (yook-bek)
700: 칠백 (cheel-bek)
800: 팔백 (pal-bek)
900: 구백 (goo-bek)
1,000: 천 (chun)
How do we make 541?
Answer: 오백사십일 (oh-bek-sa-shi-bil)
500: 오백
41: 사십일
500: 오백
41: 사십일
How do we make 672?
Answer: 육백칠십이 (yook-bek-cheel-shee-bi)
600: 육백
72: 칠십이
600: 육백
72: 칠십이
How do we make 999?
Answer: 구백구십구 (goo-bek-goo-ship-goo)
Here are the thousands:
1,000: 천 (chuhn)
2,000: 이천 (ee-chuhn)
3,000: 삼천 (sam-chuhn)
4,000: 사천 (sa-chuhn)
5,000: 오천 (oh-chuhn)
6,000: 육천 (yook-chuhn)
7,000: 칠천 (cheel-chuhn)
8,000: 팔천 (pal-chuhn)
9,000: 구천 (goo-chuhn)
10,000: 만 (mahn)
How do we make 1,561?
Answer: 일천오백육십일 (eel-chuhn-oh-bek-yook-shi-bil)
How do we make 4,616?
Answer: 사천육백일십육 (sa-chuhn-yook-be-gil-shim-yook]
How do we make 10,999?
Answer: 일만구백구십구 (eel-man-goo-be-KKU-sib-goo)
In the next post, I'll cover the other Korean number system, so let's just say that this is 'Part 1'. There will not be a Korean fact or a poll for the next post here, but I hope this somewhat helped!
bYe
