Learn Korean Sino-Korean Numbers 5

Question 1

Which Sino-Korean number is sometimes pronounced differently due to phonetic rules — 육 (6) or 칠 (7)?

Accepted Answer

육 (6), which can sound like 'yuk'

Answer

육 (6) is often pronounced 'yuk' and can assimilate in speech, especially before certain consonants.

Question 2

What is 일억 (il-eok) in numerical form?

Accepted Answer

100,000,000

Answer

억 (eok) is the Sino-Korean unit for 100,000,000 (one hundred million), so 일억 = 100,000,000.

Question 3

In Sino-Korean, when 1 precedes a large unit (백, 천, 만), is 일 (1) stated or dropped?

Accepted Answer

일 is stated for 만 (10,000) but often dropped in casual speech

Answer

일 is typically stated before 만 and higher units (일만, 일억) but often dropped before 백 and 천 in natural speech (백, 천 instead of 일백, 일천).

Question 4

Which of these is the correct Sino-Korean reading of 365?

Accepted Answer

삼백육십오 (sambaek yukssipo)

Answer

365 = 삼백 (300) + 육십 (60) + 오 (5) = 삼백육십오.

Question 5

If someone says 천구백구십구 년, what year are they referring to?

Accepted Answer

1999

Answer

천구백구십구 = 천(1,000) + 구백(900) + 구십(90) + 구(9) = 1,999.

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