만 is an important word in Sino-Korean numbers as we can use the words 십, 백, and 천 with 만 to form larger numbers, like this.Īnd as with number below 10,000, we can then combine the smaller numbers with 만 to form larger numbers. In the second example, we make 3,000 by combining 3 (삼) and thousand (천) and adding that to the 240 (이백사십). So in the first example, we make 200 by combining two (이) and hundred (백), and then add the number 40 (사십). Using these large number units, we can then use the number words from 1 to 10 to form words for large numbers.
Saying the numbers above 100 is all about learning the large number units, and these are words like hundred, thousand, and so on. So in the first example, to make twenty, we use the words that refer to 2 (이) and 10 (십), and to make 21, we add the word that refers to 1 (일) to 20. To form double-digit numbers using Sino-Korean numbers, you just have to combine the number words from 1 to 10. Now, the key to learning Sino-Korean numbers is all about mastering the numbers 0 to 10, and you’ll soon find out why. Sino-Korean numbersīecause Koreans used Chinese characters as a writing system before the creation of Hangul, much of Korean language is heavily influenced by Chinese language, and Korean numbers is one of the most influenced aspects.įortunately, although the numbers are based on Chinese characters, you won’t have to learn any Chinese characters – you can just learn how they’re written in Hangul.
When learning Korean numbers, you do have to learn both number systems because each has particular uses in Korean, so you can’t just learn on and use that for everything – that would sound very unnatural.įortunately, although there are two different systems, they’re both quite easy to master, so in this article, we’ll learn how these number systems work, and we’ll also take a look at how they’re used in Korean. One number system is called Sino-Korean numbers, and this is a number system based on Chinese characters, and the other is called native Korean numbers, and as the name of the number system would suggest, this is based on Korean language.
This is because unlike most other languages, the Korean language has two number systems. Learning Korean numbers requires a little more attention than learning numbers in most other languages.
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