Counting in Korean.

The Korean language is not as challenging to learn when compared to Cantonese, Madarin, or Japanese. Learning to count in Korean is also quite simple.

The first step is learn how to count to 10.

  • 1 하나 (Hana or Hah nah)
  • 2 둘 (Dul or Dool)
  • 3 셋 (Set or Seht)
  • 4 넷 (Net or Neht)
  • 5 다섯 (Dausut or Dah suht)
  • 6 여섯 (Yeosut or Yuh suht)
  • 7 일곱 (Ilgup or eel gob)
  • 8 여덟 (Yeodul or yuh duhl)
  • 9 아홉 (Ah-hope or ah hob)
  • 10 열 (Yuhl)
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Learning the multiples of 10 in Korean.

The next step is to you learn the multiples of 10 – 20, 30, 40, 50 etc.

When counting past 10 in Korean, you simply add the multiples of 10 as the surfix to the numbers.