We are back with another number lesson! In lesson 15, we introduced the sino-Korean system and today we are introducing the native Korean number system. Having two separate ways of counting different things might look too complicated, and we will be surprised if you can memorize all the numbers at once and never forget them, but if you keep practicing the numbers in context, you will find it much easier in time. So today, we are going to first introduce the native Korean numbers, and ONLY going to cover how to say your age in Korean. If you can say how old you are in Korean after listening to this lesson, this lesson will have achieved its goal. Thank you! 감사합니다.
You can download a free PDF for this lesson here, or if you want to study with our TalkToMeInKorean textbooks, you can get them here. And after you learn the basics, try writing your own Korean sentences and get corrections from native speakers through HaruKorean, our 1:1 correction service.
Hi! Sorry if this question was asked before, but how do you say “how old are you” in Korean? Is it 몇살이에요? Just trying to confirm… thanks!
Correct!
저는 스물두살이에요. ^^
저도 스물두살이에요. =)
안녕하세요! 스므 살이에요. ㅋㅋㅋ
TTMIK이 정말 환상적이에요! (Is this right?)
수고하셨습니다! 고맙습니다!
저는 열여섯 살 이에요 ~
i cant download the pdf. it said the page was damaged and couldnt be repaired. any suggestion? thank you very much.
선생님들 안녕하세요. 저는 스물네 살이에요.
저는 열여덟 살이에요.
Since I now know how to say my age, I would like to know how you say ” How old are you? ” Romanization and Hangul will both be nice. Kamsahamnida!
나이가 몇 살이에요 or 나이가 어떻게 되세요?
naiga myeossarieyo
naiga eotteok’e tweseyo?
same for name… 이름이 뭐예요 or 어름이 어떻게 되세요
The latter is more polite of course, but not the most,
because there’s also words like 연세 and 성함, but you don’t have to care much.
The number chart in lesson 20 is confusing. For example, if 70, 80, 90 are written 일흔, 여든, 아흔 in Native Korean numbers. Why does the chart add the shortened 하나 (한) before 살 when the number “one” is not needed? On the chart 70, 80, 90 are listed as 일흔한살, 여든한살, 아흔한살. Please Explain
What you mean “not needed”? Pay attention to the comma lol
일흔 살 (70), 일흔한 살 (71),
First the number written in words, and then sometimes in the brackets in numbers.
Those are the hangul for 71, 81, 91. The hangul comes first, then the accompanying number.
The word 한 is changed to modifies the following unit and 2, 3, 4 also do it.
For example,
한 사람
책 한 권
말 한 마리
Hello! i am new to this site.
I noticed the instructor says “Ne, chu wa yo” a few times. Can you explain what that means?
Thanks!
Do you perhaps refer to: 네, 맞아요. [né, ma-dzja-yó] ? That means yes you are right. It’s not exactly what you have written down, but that is what they are saying all the time.
It means “yes, it’s good”. 네, 좋아요
한국 나이로 스물여덟 살이에요.
열네 살 이에요 ^^
(“`-”-/”).___..–””`-._
`6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`)
아흔~~ (_Y_.)’ ._ ) `._ `. “-..-`
_..`–’_..-_/ /–’_.’ ,’
(il),-” (li),’ ((!.-’
안녕하세요! I just started studying.
열여섯 살 이에요.
안녕 하세요!
TTMIK의 선생님들이 진짜 대박이에요!
Could you please make a lesson about ordinal numerals and their usage?
How do you say i’m a first/second/third etc year student
i live on the 10th floor
Thank you)))
I second this
안녕하세요,
I have a quick question about pronunciation. When a word ending in ㄹ is spoken alone, such as 살, the ㄹ sounds like an ‘L.’ And when it’s in the middle of a word somewhere surrounded by vowels, such as 사랑, the ㄹ sounds like an ‘R.’ So what confuses me is how it sounds when a word ending in ㄹ is combined with another word beginning with a vowel. For example, in this lesson when we learned how to say our age, we said [Number] 살이에요. So is 살 + 이에요 pronounced sal-i-e-yo, or sar-i-e-yo?
Also, when a ㄹ has a vowel in front and a ㅛ, ㅕ, ㅑ, or ㅠ (or 요, 여, 야, 유) after it, is it pronounced like an ‘L’ or an ‘R?’ My foreign ears have trouble telling sometimes.
감사합니다,
Paul
안녕하세요! 열네 살 이에요
서른 살 이에요
저는 열여덟 살이에요 ^^
It takes a long time before I see an answer here. My question has been waiting for moderation for two weeks now. Anyway, I have used this sentence in the wiki page in Dutch. (Translated to English of course.)
Counting years, you can choose yourself. If you use native Korean numbers however, these numbers can change. Numbers 1 until 4 and number 20 have a different form when they are placed before a noun.