Korean Numbers

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eel

one

ee

two

sam

three

sa

four

oh

five

yook

six

chil

seven

pal

eight

goo

nine

ship

ten

To say eleven, just combine "10" or seep and "1" or eel, and you have ship-eel. Twelve is ship-ee. Easy right? Can you say your telephone number now?

The other number system (hana, dool, set, etc) is for combining a number with an object-specific counter. These are the numbers you would use when counting a specific number of people, objects, or things.

하나

hana

one

dool

two

set

three

net

four

다섯

dasut

five

여섯

yusut

six

일곱

eelgop

seven

여덟

yudulb

eight

아홉

ahop

nine

yul

ten

Up until the number 19, the straightforward way of building up large numbers that you learned above for the "general number system" is used in this system as well. So "eleven" is "ten" or yul and "one" or hana, yul-hana. "Nineteen" is yul together with the number "nine" or ahop, yul-ahop.

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