Learning Korean (한국어 배우기) [COMPLETE]

Unit 1.10 - Korean Number (2)

Zero

He said he should mention something about how/when the number zero is used. (Remember, the content is from a good teacher from "how to study korean" I'm just fixing it so it makes more sense to first learners)

Just like other numbers, there are two ways to say "zero" in Korea. However, unlike other numbers, both ways of saying "zero" are of Chinese origin.

영, which is the way Chinese people say "zero"
공, which is sort of like the meaning of "nothing" or absence

That isn't really important, but what is important is knowing which word to use in which situation.

You should use "영" when talking about:

Points that can be given or taken away, like in a game.
For example: score "2 : 0", you would say "이 대 영". 대 meaning somewhat lije versus.

Getting zero on a test/quiz/etc: 영점. 점 meaning points.

The temperature "zero"

When using numbers in math

You should use "공" when talking about:

Phone numbers.
For example, "010-****-****", all the zeros should be read as "공."
If you don't live in Korea, you probably won't know this, but "010" is the typical area code for a cell phone (in Seoul, at least). "공-일-공" notice it's sino numbers

번 - Counter of Behavior or Action

번 is a common counter that counts behavior or actions, and is not directly counted with a noun in a sentence.
Putting a number before "번" creates an adverb that tells you how many times something was done. It is an adverb, so 를/을 is usually not attached to it.

저는 어제 학교에 세 번 갔어요
= I went to school three times yesterday

저는 그 영화를 다섯 번 봤어요
= I saw that movie five times

This is fairly simple

Telling Korean Time

There are so many different ways to talk about time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc...)

When talking about the hour, as in '2 o'clock' all you need to do is put 시 after a number:

2시 = 2:00 (2 o'clock)

When talking about the minute, add 분 after the number:

2시 30분 = 2:30

The Native Korean numbers are used when saying the hour number, whereas the Sino-Korean numbers are used when saying the minute number. For example:

2시 30분 = 두 시 삼십 분

The spacing of these also needs to be discussed. As I mentioned earlier, when a written number is placed before a counter, there should be a space between the number and the counter.

두 시 O 두시 X
삼십 분 O 삼십분 X

However, when using the numeral, it is acceptable to omit the space

For example:

2시 30분

These times can now go in a sentence as usual by adding 에 to indicate a time:

5시에 먹을 거야 = I will eat at 5:00

Age

복습: Native Korean numbers + "살"
For example: