Lesson 15: Sino-Korean Numbers

Question 1

숫자

Answer 1

numbers

Question 2

How many number systems are there in Korea and what are they called?

Answer 2

Two; Sino-Korean and Native Korean

Question 3

What does “Sino-Korean” mean?

Answer 3

A Korean word that’s based on the Chinese language

Question 4

True or False: Many Korean words have Chinese roots

Answer 4

True

Question 5

일

Answer 5

1

Question 6

이

Answer 6

2

Question 7

삼

Answer 7

3

Question 8

사

Answer 8

4

Question 9

Why is the number 4 considered unlucky in Korea?

Answer 9

Because it sounds similar to the Sino-Korean word for “death”

Question 10

True or False: Korean elevators have an “F” button instead of a “4” button

Answer 10

True

Question 11

오

Answer 11

5

Question 12

륙/육

Answer 12

6

Question 13

When do you pronounce the number “6” like 육?

Answer 13

When you’re saying it on its own or when it comes first in a word/syllable

Question 14

When do you pronounce the number “6” like 륙?

Answer 14

When you’re saying it along with another number (like 오륙/five six) or when it comes second in a word/syllable

Question 15

칠

Answer 15

7

Question 16

팔

Answer 16

8

Question 17

구

Answer 17

9

Question 18

십

Answer 18

10

Question 19

How do you write/read Sino-Korean numbers from 11-19?

Answer 19

십 (10) + any single digit number

Question 20

십일

Answer 20

11

Question 21

How do you write/read Sino-Korean numbers from 20-99?

Answer 21

•single digit number + 십 (10) for numbers ending in 0 (i.e. 20, 30, etc.)

•single digit number + 십 (10) + another single digit number

Question 22

이십오

Answer 22

25

Question 23

삼십삼

Answer 23

33

Question 24

구십구

Answer 24

99

Question 25

백

Answer 25

100

Question 26

천

Answer 26

1,000

Question 27

How do you write/read Sino-Korean numbers in the hundreds?

Answer 27

•single digit number + 백 (100) + 십 (10) + single digit number (for numbers like 415, 211, 317, etc.)

•single digit number + 백 (100) + single digit number + 십 (10) + single digit number (for numbers after the hundred-teens)

Question 28

삼백십이

Answer 28

312

Question 29

오백십이

Answer 29

512

Question 30

How do you write/read Sino-Korean numbers in the one-thousands?

Answer 30

천 (1,000) + single digit number + 백 (100) + single digit number + 십 (10) + single digit number

Question 31

천이백삼십사

Answer 31

1,234

Question 32

How do you write/read Sino-Korean numbers in the 2-9 thousands?

Answer 32

single digit number + 천 (1,000) + single digit number + 백 (100) + single digit number + 십 (10) + single digit number

Question 33

True or False: You don’t have to say 일 in front of numbers like 10, 100, 1,000, etc.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

영/공

Answer 34

0

Question 35

How do Koreans pronounce “TV”?

Answer 35

tee-bee

Question 36

번이요/채널

Answer 36

channel

Question 37

몇/무슨

Answer 37

what (when asking a question)

*Can also use 뭐 depending on the context

Question 38

몇 번이요?/무슨 채널?

Answer 38

What channel?

Question 39

사백칠십육

Answer 39

476

Question 40

2010

Answer 40

이천십년

Question 41

₩4,900

Answer 41

사천구백원

Question 42

Which version of the number zero do Koreans use most often?

Answer 42

영, unless the zero(s) come(s) first. Then, it’s 공

Question 43

만

Answer 43

10,000