Lets Count (Part 1)

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There are 2 sets of numbers in Korean:

Native Korean System
Sino-Korean System

SINO-KOREAN SYSTEM

Is based on chinese numbers and are used for dates(calendar),money,address, phone numbers,and numbers above 100

1   일   il

2   이   i (ee)

3   삼   sam

4   사   sa

5   오   o (oh)

6   육   yuk

7   칠   chil

8   팔   pal

9   구   gu

10  십  sib

11  십일  sib-il

(The next native korean number will be 10 십 + 2 so number 12 will be 십이 sib-i (sib-ee) same pattern as the next number and so on)

20
이십  i-sib (ee-sib)

30
삼십  sam-sib

40
사십  sa-sib

50
오십  o-sib (oh-sib)

60
육십  yu-sib

70
칠삽  chil-sib

80
팔십  pal-sib

90
구십  gu-sib

100
  baek (bek)

1Million
백만  baek-man (bek-man)

10Million
천만  cheon-man (chon-man)

100Million
   eok (ok)

1Trillion
   jo

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