Native Korean Numbers

native Korean numbers. The first thing to know about native Korean numbers is that they only go up to 99. For any number higher than that, Sino-Korean numbers are used. Native Korean numbers are only used for certain things. Native Korean numbers are used for age, counting things, counting people, and just counting. If you’ve ever seen a Korean person taking a photograph you’ve probably heard them count to 3 before taking the picture by saying “하나, 둘, 셋“. To tell the time in Korean, both native Korean numbers (for hours) and Sino-Korean numbers (for minutes) are used. So, it is important to learn both number systems to talk about time, age, and counting things in Korean.

1 (one)

하나 (ha-na)

2 (two)

둘 (dul)

3 (three)

셋 (set)

4 (four)

넷 (net)

5 (five)

다섯 (da-seot)

6 (six)

여섯 (yeo-seot)

7 (seven)

일곱 (il-gop)

8 (eight)

여덟 (yeo-deol)

9 (nine)

아홉 (a-hop)

10 (ten)

열 (yeol)

20 (twenty)

스물 (seu-mul)

30 (thirty)

서른 (seo-reun)

40 (forty)

마흔 (ma-heun)

50 (fifty)

쉰 (swin)

60 (sixty)

예순 (ye-sun)

70 (seventy)

일흔 (il-heun)

80 (eighty)

여든 (yeo-deun)

90 (ninety)

아흔 (a-heun)