numbers, sino-korean & pure- korean

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Numbers have two different pronunciations and usages:
1. Sino-Korean (originally from Chinese and using Hanja)
2. Pure Korean (always Hangul)
Sino-Korean numbers are used for:
1. Prices
2. Telephone numbers
3. Bus/subway numbers
4. Dates
5. Height & weight
6. Time in minutes & seconds
Sino-Korean numbers can be used basically as stand-alone
numbers
Pure Korean numbers are used primarily for:
1. Numerical counting (1st, 2nd, 3rd, eto)
2. Counting things (5 people)
3. Counting age (I"m 25)
4. Counting time in hours (2 o'clock, 2 hours)
Pure Korean numbers typically include a unit noun to
indicate the appropriate measure
Structure:
Pure Korean:
하나 (Hana) (한) (Han) one
두 (du) two
셋 (ses)(세) (se) three
넷 (nes) (사) (sa) four
다섯 (daseos) five
여섯 (yeoseos) six
일곱 (ilgob) seven
여덟 (yeodeolb) eight
아홉 (Ahob) nine
얼 (eol) ten
얼하나 (eolhana) eleven
스물 (seumul) (스무) (seumu) twenty
서른 (seoleun) thirty
마흔 (maheun) forty
오십 (Osib) fifty
예순 (yesun) sixty
일흔 (ilheun) seventy
여든 (yeodeun) eighty
아흔 (aheun) ninety
백 (baeg) hundred

Sino-Korean:
0-영 (yeong) (공) (gong) zero
1-일 (il) one
3-삼 (Sam) three
4-사 (sa) four
6 육 (Yug) six
7-칠 (chil) seven
8 팔 (pal) eight
9 아홉 (Ahob) nine
10-산 (San) ten
11-십일 (sib il) eleven
30-삼십 (samsib) thirty
60-육십 (yugsib) sixty
70-칠십 (chilsib) seventy
80-팔십 (palsib) eighty
100-백 (baeg) hundred

Notes:
I. The base for counting large numbers is 10,000 (만). In
English, it is 1,000. (This can make large numbers
confusing.)
2. When a large number starts with 1, you don't say the 1
Example: 1,110 천백십 (cheonbaegsib) Ten thousand not 일천백십 (ilcheonbaegsib)
3 is the word for "zero" but always use 공 (gong) in a telephone
number (Also, sometimes use 하나 (Hana) in place of 일 (il) because
it sounds so close to
4. Anything with something in the tens place and a 6 is
pronounced as 뉵 rather than 육. Example: 1 6 = 십육 (sib yug) sixteen
90-구십뉵 (gusibnyug) Ninety
but 106-백육 (baeg Yug) (Spelling isn't
different, only pronunciation.)

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