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Native Korean number & Basic counter | Korean Langauge for Beginners

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by Teacher Joy 2022. 10. 11. 21:31

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The native Korean numbers are used in the following situations:

  1. to count real tangible things such as potatoes, cars, cups of coffee, books, fish and people.
  2. to express someone's age with the counter 살. (Sino-Korean is also possible here with the counter 세)
  3. to say the hour (o'clock)
  4. to count hours, months (also possible in Sino-Korean) and sometimes years (although the Sino-Korean system is more commonly used)

 

 

Counters that comes after the native Korean numbers

Unit being counted Counter Example
objects 사과 한 개
one apple
cups 커피 두 잔
two cups of coffee
something thin 종이 세장
three sheets of paper
book 책 네 권
four books
boxes;
cases
상자 사과 다섯 상자
five boxes of apples
bags 봉지 과자 한 봉지
one bag of snack food
bottles 맥주 두 병
two bottles of beer
vehicles;
appliances;
machines
자동차 세 대 three cars
냉장고 네 대 four refrigerators
기계 세 대 three machines
buildings 집 한 채
one house
animals 마리 고양이 한 마리 one cat
생선 한 마리 one fish
people 사람, 명, 분(honorific) 고객 한 사람 one customer
일본 사람 한 명 one Japanese person
선생님 한 분 one teacher
years of age 스무 살
twenty years old
times 두 번
two times; twice
kinds 가지 세 가지
three kinds

 

Korean Native number sheet.pdf
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List of Korean counters | 한국어의 세는 말 목록

In Korean language, the counting words used for counting objects vary depending on what type of object is being counted. Typically, Korean native counting words count the number of items using Korean native numerals, while Sino-Korean counting words count

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참고
Jaehoon Yeon and Lucien Brown(2011), Korean: A comprehensive Grammar, 86-88.
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