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11 to 100 in the Native Korean Numbering System
11 → Yeol-hana (열하나)
10 in the Native Korean numbering system is Yeol (열), so from the numbers 11 to 19, you will just have to add the numbers -1 to -9 to it.
e.g. Yeol (열) + hana (하나) = Yeol-hana (열하나)
Also remember, you would have to "drop the last letter" in numbers ending with -1, -2, -3, -4 as well as the number 20 in the Native Korean numbering system when pairing it with a count noun. So that means, numbers like 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 32, 33, 34, and so on will result in a pattern like this:
e.g. Yeol-hana (열하나) + sal (살) = Yeol-han sal (열한살) ‘Eleven years old’
Review this concept more in the previous lesson:
12 → Yeol-dul (열둘)
13 → Yeol-set (열셋)
14 → Yeol-net (열넷)
15 → Yeol-daseot (열다섯)
16 → Yeol-yeoseot (열여섯)
17 → Yeol-ilgop (열일곱)
18 → Yeol-yeodeol (열여덟)
19 → Yeol-ahop (열아홉)
20 → Seumeul (스물)
30 → Seoreun (서른)
40 → Maheun (마흔)
50 → Swin (쉰)
60 → Yesun (예순)
70 → Ilheun (일흔)
80 → Yeodeun (여든)
90 → Aheun (아흔)
100 → On (온)
11 to 100 in the Sino-Korean Numbering System
11 → Sip-il (십일)
When counting from 11 to 100 in the Sino-Korean numbering system, the mechanism is similar to the Native Korean one. Simply add the numbers -1 to -9 to it. 10 in the Sino-Korean numbering system is Sip (십), so eleven is simply:
e.g. Sip (십) + il (일) = Sip-il (십일)
12 → Sip-i (십이)
13 → Sip-sam (십삼)
14 → Sip-sa (십사)
15 → Sip-o (십오)
16 → Sip-yuk (십육)
17 → Sip-chil (십칠)
18 → Sip-pal (십팔)
19 → Sip-gu (십구)
20 → I-ship (이십)
30 → Sam-sip (삼십)
40 → Sa-sip (사십)
50 → O-sip (오십)
60 → Yuk-sip (육십)
70 → Chil-ship (칠십)
80 → Pal-sip (팔십)
90 → Gu-sip (구십)
100 → Baek (백)
Your Turn
Try writing out these numbers in Korean and feel free to post them as comments below:
- 17
- 28
- 32
- 44
- 57
- 68
- 71
- 85
- 99
