Korean · TOPIK Band 1 · Chapter 10
전화번호가 몇 번이에요?What's your phone number?
You learn the first of Korean's two number systems: Sino-Korean numbers (일·이·삼…). Sino numbers are used for phone numbers, money, dates, minutes, and 번 (number/order). Phone numbers are read one digit at a time, and 0 is said as "공". You also see how 십·백·천 stack to build bigger numbers. (The native numbers — for people, age and objects — come in chapter 11.)
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전화번호가 몇 번이에요?— What's Your Phone Number?
- Michael지은씨,전화번호가몇번이에요?Jieun, what's your phone number?
- Jieun공일공,이삼사오,육칠팔구예요.It's 010-2345-6789.
- Michael아,공일공…감사합니다!Oh, 010… thank you!
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몇 번이에요?— What Number Is It?
- Minsu마이클씨,전화번호가몇번이에요?Michael, what's your phone number?
- Michael공일공,삼사오육,칠팔구공이에요.It's 010-3456-7890.
- Minsu네,알아요.감사합니다!Got it, thanks!
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- 일
numeralone (Sino)
- 이
numeraltwo (Sino)
- 삼
numeralthree (Sino)
- 사
numeralfour (Sino)
- 오
numeralfive (Sino)
- 육
numeralsix (Sino)
- 칠
numeralseven (Sino)
- 팔
numeraleight (Sino)
- 구
numeralnine (Sino)
- 십
numeralten (Sino)
- 백
numeralhundred
- 천
numeralthousand
- 번
measure word(counter: number, order)
- 전화
nountelephone
- 번호
nounnumber
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Sino-Korean numbers · 번
Explanation
Sino-Korean numbers: 일 이 삼 사 오 육 칠 팔 구 십, then 백 (100), 천 (1,000). Bigger numbers stack: 23 = 이십삼, 105 = 백오. Sino numbers are used for phone numbers, money, dates, minutes, and 번 (order/number). Phone numbers are read one digit at a time, and 0 is said as "공".
Examples
- 전화번호가 몇 번이에요?What's your phone number?
- 공일공,이삼사오,육칠팔구예요.It's 010-2345-6789. (read digit by digit; 0 = 공)
- 십이 번이에요.It's number 12.
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한글 복습: 숫자 읽기와 ㄴ 첨가— Hangul Review: Reading Numbers & ㄴ-insertion
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