Korean numbers game
Thirty-seven entries covering both ways Korean counts. Nineteen run il, i, sam up through baek, and the other eighteen are the native series, hana through aheun, which has no word for a hundred at all.
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Five games take this set, and it is the biggest ask in Korean. Pop Quiz is the one to play first, because it will tell you within a minute which of the two systems you actually know.
The 37 words you will practise
| Korean | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| 일il | 1 (sino-korean 1 to 10) | eel |
| 이i | 2 (sino-korean 1 to 10) | ee |
| 삼sam | 3 (sino-korean 1 to 10) | sahm |
| 사sa | 4 (sino-korean 1 to 10) | sah |
| 오o | 5 (sino-korean 1 to 10) | oh |
| 육yuk | 6 (sino-korean 1 to 10) | yook |
| 칠chil | 7 (sino-korean 1 to 10) | cheel |
| 팔pal | 8 (sino-korean 1 to 10) | pahl |
| 구gu | 9 (sino-korean 1 to 10) | goo |
| 십sip | 10 (sino-korean 1 to 10) | ship |
| 이십isip | 20 (sino-korean by tens) | ee-SHIP |
| 삼십samsip | 30 (sino-korean by tens) | sahm-SHIP |
| 사십sasip | 40 (sino-korean by tens) | sah-SHIP |
| 오십osip | 50 (sino-korean by tens) | oh-SHIP |
| 육십yuksip | 60 (sino-korean by tens) | yook-SHIP |
| 칠십chilsip | 70 (sino-korean by tens) | cheel-SHIP |
| 팔십palsip | 80 (sino-korean by tens) | pahl-SHIP |
| 구십gusip | 90 (sino-korean by tens) | goo-SHIP |
| 백baek | 100 | baek |
| 하나hana | 1 (native korean 1 to 10) | HAH-nah |
| 둘dul | 2 (native korean 1 to 10) | dool |
| 셋set | 3 (native korean 1 to 10) | set |
| 넷net | 4 (native korean 1 to 10) | net |
| 다섯daseot | 5 (native korean 1 to 10) | DAH-suht |
| 여섯yeoseot | 6 (native korean 1 to 10) | YUH-suht |
| 일곱ilgop | 7 (native korean 1 to 10) | EEL-gohp |
| 여덟yeodeol | 8 (native korean 1 to 10) | YUH-duhl |
| 아홉ahop | 9 (native korean 1 to 10) | AH-hohp |
| 열yeol | 10 (native korean 1 to 10) | yuhl |
| 스물seumul | 20 (native korean by tens) | SUH-mool |
| 서른seoreun | 30 (native korean by tens) | SUH-reun |
| 마흔maheun | 40 (native korean by tens) | MAH-heun |
| 쉰swin | 50 (native korean by tens) | shwin |
| 예순yesun | 60 (native korean by tens) | YEH-soon |
| 일흔ilheun | 70 (native korean by tens) | EEL-heun |
| 여든yeodeun | 80 (native korean by tens) | YUH-deun |
| 아흔aheun | 90 (native korean by tens) | AH-heun |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the Korean numbers lesson.
5 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
Questions
Why does Korean have two number systems?
One is native Korean, one was borrowed from Chinese, and both are in daily use. Sino-Korean handles money, dates, minutes, phone numbers and anything above ninety-nine. Native Korean counts objects, people, ages and hours. Learning one is doing half the job.
Why does the native series stop at aheun?
Because it never had a word for a hundred. Once you pass ninety-nine, Korean switches to Sino-Korean baek whether you were counting natively or not, which is why the native list in this set ends where it does.
Which system do I need first?
Sino-Korean, if you are travelling: prices, addresses and times of day all use it. Native Korean matters as soon as you order two of something or say how old you are.
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