Free Korean numbers and counters guide

What's inside

• Korean numbersSino-Korean 일 to 십 and native 하나 to 열, the native tens from 스물 to 아흔, and why big numbers count in 만: 십만, 백만, 일억.
• Building numbers11 to 99 in both systems side by side, from 십일 and 열하나 to 구십구 and 아흔아홉, then bigger numbers like 이천이십육 and 삼만 오천.
• Which one whenNative numbers for things, people, hours and age. Sino numbers for money, minutes, dates, phone numbers and floors. All twelve months, with 유월 and 시월.
• CountersHow 하나, 둘, 셋, 넷 and 스물 shrink before a counter, twelve counters like 개, 명, 마리, 잔 and 살 with an example each, and how to tell the time.
• PracticeTwelve everyday lines with prices, times, ages, a phone number and dates, the numbers in pink. Cover the answers with a strip of paper and check yourself.

How to use it

1. Learn to read Hangul first. This guide is easier once 일 and 하나 look like words to you.
2. Say both rows on page one out loud until you can count to ten each way.
3. Keep page three nearby: it tells you which system to reach for.
4. Cover the answers on the practice page, then listen for prices and times in K-dramas with Kitsumi.

More free Korean printables

• Korean Hangul chartLearn to read first. All 24 letters with a picture to remember each, and how they stack into blocks.
• Basic Korean wordsThen pick up the first 199 words: greetings, family, numbers, food, verbs and K-drama favourites.
• Korean particles guideThen learn the little tags on the end of each word: 은/는, 이/가, 을/를, 에 and more.
• Korean verb endings and speech levelsThen learn how verbs end: 해요, 해 and 합니다, the past, the future and the endings dramas use.
• 100 Korean drama phrasesThen pick up the lines dramas use all the time: 대박, 보고 싶어, 그만해 and what 오빠 really means.

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