(472 total words in this text) In Korean there are two sets of numbers which are used when
counting, the first set are known as pure Korean numbers, and the other are Sino-korean which is based on the chinese numerals. The use of these numbers depends on the context in which it is used, for example the pure korean numbers are used when counting hours, and the sino korean when used to count minutes. kong il i sam sa o yuk ch'il p'al ku ship saship kuship paek ch'on man 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 40 90 100 1000 10,000
shibil shibi shipsam shipsa shibo shimnyuk shipch'il shipp'al shibku iship
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
ishibil ishibi ishipsam ishipsa
21 22 23 24
ishipku samship
29 30
Korean Numbers
Learning the Korean Numbers is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Korean language. But first we need to know what the role of Numbers is in the structure of the grammar in Korean. Korean cardinal number convey the "how many" they're also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity. Here are some examples:
English Numbers
Korean Numbers
numbers
- sut ja
one
- ha na
two
- dul
- set
three
four
- net
- da seot
five
six
- yeo seot
seven
- il gop
English Numbers
Korean Numbers
eight
- yeo deolp
nine
- a hop - yeol
- yeol ha na
ten
eleven
twelve
- yeol dul
thirteen
- yeol set
- yeol net
- yeol da seot
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
- yeor yeo seot
English Numbers
Korean Numbers
seventeen
- yeor il gop
- yeor yeo deolp
eighteen
nineteen
- yeor a hop
- seu mul
- baek
twenty
hundred
one thousand
- man
million
- baek man
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Numbers in Korean has a logical pattern. Locate the Numbers above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Korean.
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List of Ordinal Numbers in Korean
Korean Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set: first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Below is a list of the Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers in Korean. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Korean vocabulary.
English Numbers
Ordinal Numbers - seo su
Korean Numbers
first
- cheos beon jjae
second
- du beon jjae
third
- se beon jjae
fourth
- ne beon jjae
fifth
- da seos beon jjae
sixth
- yeo seos beon jjae
seventh
- il gob beon jjae
eighth
- yeo deolb beon jjae
ninth
- a hob beon jjae
tenth
- yeor beon jjae
eleventh
- yeol han beon jjae
twelfth
- yeol du beon jjae
thirteenth
- yeol se beon jjae
English Numbers
fourteenth
Korean Numbers
- yeol ne beon jjae
fifteenth
- yeol da seos beon jjae
sixteenth
- yeor yeo seon beon jjae
seventeenth
- yeor il gob beon jjae
eighteenth
- yeor yeo deolb beon jjae
nineteenth
- yeor a hob beon jjae
twentieth
- seu mu beon jjae
once
- han beon
twice
- du beon
Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers have a very important role in Korean, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Korean Numbers, you might want to check the rest of our Korean lessons here: Learn Korean. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
