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Level 1 Lesson 15 – Sino-Korean Numbers

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In this TTMIK lesson, we are talking about numbers. In Korean there are two sets of number, one is native Korean numbers and the other set is sino-Korean numbers. Sino-Korean numbers are numbers that are based on the Chinese language (therefore if you speak Chinese, you will find that the sino-Korean numbers are quite similar to the Chinese numbers), and in this lesson we are introducing numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 100, and 1,000.

Numbers are not always easy to memorize, especially if you don’t have to use them often, so be sure to practice using them every chance you get!

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한사 (Zendokun) says: September 2, 2010
Hmm … the lesson reminded of the superstition that 4 is an unlucky number since it has the same meaning as death in Chinese. It makes me wonder if my name is going to be a problem in Korean. My name is Hanza, but since Hangul doesn’t have the word ‘Z’, my name would be pronounced Hanja which would be the same as the Chinese alphabet right? So I thought Hansa would sound better. But does this mean my name becomes Han Four or Han Death? Would it be a bad way to spell my name that way?
- jinseokjin says: September 2, 2010
  It will be no problem if you use you name as 한사. When the word “사” is pronounced seperately, people may think it is such a misfortune name but when the word is accompanied by other word, it is not regarded as bad name.
한사 (Zendokun) says: September 2, 2010
Thanks for clearing that up. 진석진씨 감사합니다
Hyo says: September 9, 2010
First of all let me see that these podcasts are a live saver!
however, Im really wondering what exactly are the uses of sino-korean numbers vs. native korean numbers?
I speak Japanese already, which has made it a lot easier to grasp most of the concept of Korean, however in Japanese there isnt really a second counting system instead there are counters for different things…I really hope this makes sense haha.

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Level 1 Lesson 15 – Sino-Korean Numbers