Sunday, October 3, 2010

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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.

kong0
il1
shibil11
ishibil21
i2shibi12ishibi22
sam3shipsam13ishipsam23
sa4shipsa14ishipsa24
o5shibo15

yuk6shimnyuk16

ch'il7shipch'il17

p'al8shipp'al18

ku9shibku19ishipku29
ship10iship20samship30



saship40
kuship90
paek100
ch'on1000
man10,000

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