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Pure Korean Numbers

Pure Korean numbers are used for hours and with counting words.

1 하나 (hana)
2 둘 (dul)
3 셋 (set)
4 넷 (net)
5 다섯 (daseot)
6 여섯 (yeoseot)
7 일곱 (ilgop)
8 여덟 (yeodeol)
9 아홉 (ahop)
10 열 (yeol)
11 열하나 (yeolhana)
20 스물 (seumul)
30 서른 (seoreun)
40 마흔 (maheun)
50 쉰 (swin)
60 예순 (yesun)
70 일흔 (ilheun)
80 여든 (yeodeun)
90 아흔 (aheun)

Numbers above 100 are always counted with Sino-Korean numbers.


Counting units with Pure-Korean Numbers

packs (of cigarettes) 갑


bowl, cup 그릇
animals 마리
sets of clothes 벌
people (honorific form) 분
years of age 살
o’clock 시
glasses, cups 잔
buildings, houses 채
items, units, object 개
vehicles, machines 대
times 번
bottles 병
people 사람/명
hours 시간
thin, flat objects (sheets) 장
pairs of shoes 켤레
long objects (pens, rifles) 자루
small boxes 갑
books 권
large boxes 상자
trees 그루
boats 척
letters, telegrams, phone calls, e-mails 통
bunches of things such as flowers 송이

Note that when combined with a counting word, the last letter of
numbers 1 through 4 as well as 20 is dropped: one person is hanmyeong
(hana+myeong), two tickets is dujang (dul+jang), three things is
segae(set+gae), four things is negae (net+gae), twenty things is
seumugae (seumul+gae).

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