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USAGE OF SINO-KOREAN NUMBERS:

phone numbers
prices and money
dates
minutes
addresses
numbers above 100

USAGE OF NATIVE KOREAN NUMBERS:

general counting (up to 99)
- counting people and things
hours
ages

NUMBERS (1-10)	SINO-KOREAN	NATIVE KOREAN
0	영	-
1	일	하나
2	이	둘
3	삼	셋
4	사	넷
5	오	다섯
6	육	여섯
7	칠	일곱
8	팔	여덟
9	구	아홉
10	십	열

NATIVE KOREAN NUMBERS (10-90):

specific names for each multiple of 10
- combined with the digit number word
only used until 99
- sino-korean is used afterwards

NUMBER	NATIVE KOREAN
10	열
20	스물
30	서른
40	마흔
50	쉰
60	예순
70	일흔
80	여든
90	아흔

COUNTING NUMBERS ABOVE 10:

uses the traditional East Asian counting system
- myriads (10,000s) rather than thousands (1,000s)
- splits after four digits (만, 억, 조, etc)
uses the sino-korean numbers

NUMBER	SINO-KOREAN
1	일
10	십
100	백
1000	천
10,000	만
100,000	십만
1,000,000	백만
10,000,000	천만
100,000,000	억
1,000,000,000,000	조

examples:

1,641,492 → 164 만 1492
164 → 백육십사
1492 → 천사백구십이
164 1492 → 백 육십 사 만 천 사백 구십 이

405,321,218,679 → 4053 억 2121 만 8679
4053 → 사천오십삼
2121 → 이천백이십일
8679 → 팔천육백칠십구
4053 2121 8679 → 사천 오십 삼 억 이천 백 이십 일 만 팔천 육백 칠십 구

COUNTERS:

used to describe the nouns the number is counting
- similar to “three sheets of paper” / “three heads of cattle”
STRUCTURE:
- english: [number] [noun]
- korean: [noun] [number] [counter]

OBJECTS	COUNTER	EXAMPLES
things	개	literally anything
categories	가지	types of [blank]
animals	마리	monkeys, cats, dogs
people	명	students, police officers,
bound materials	권	books, journals, newspapers
cups, glasses of drinks	잔	cups of coffee, glasses of milk
clothes	벌	pyjamas, suits, 한복
thin flat objects	장	sheets of paper, 김
machines, vehicles, instruments, appliances	대	cars, washing machines, pianos

examples:

1) I will see four cakes → 케익 네 케이크룰 볼 거예요
2) He read seven books → 책 일곱 권을 읽었어요
3) There are two dogs → 개 두 마리 있어요
4) I eat three cars → 저는 자동차 세 대를 먹어요