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Korean is a beautiful but complex language. Counting to 10 can be simple – depending on what you’re trying to count. Koreans actually use two systems for counting. The words are pretty easy to pronounce, though, and if you want to simply count to 10 in Korean - including for Taekwondo – it’s not that hard. | Korean is a beautiful but complex language. Counting to 10 can be simple – depending on what you’re trying to count. Koreans actually use two systems for counting. The words are pretty easy to pronounce, though, and if you want to simply count to 10 in Korean - including for Taekwondo – it’s not that hard. | ||
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== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
===Learning the Two Systems=== | ===Learning the Two Systems=== | ||
#Practice the Korean system. In [[Speak Korean|Korean]], you will encounter two completely different sets of words for numbers, one based on Korean words and one related to Chinese (this system is sometimes called Sino-Korean). <ref name="rf15946">http://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit1/unit-1-lessons-9-16/unit-1-lesson-10/.</ref>In most cases, if you are simply counting from 1 to 10 (and are not using money or other special cases), you will want to use the Korean system (this is also true in Taekwondo). | #Practice the Korean system. In [[Speak Korean|Korean]], you will encounter two completely different sets of words for numbers, one based on Korean words and one related to Chinese (this system is sometimes called Sino-Korean). <ref name="rf15946">http://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit1/unit-1-lessons-9-16/unit-1-lesson-10/.</ref>In most cases, if you are simply counting from 1 to 10 (and are not using money or other special cases), you will want to use the Korean system (this is also true in Taekwondo). | ||
| − | #*Korean numbers are written using symbols that are called “[[Set Up Your Windows XP Operating System to Enter Korean (Hangul) Characters|Hangul]]” and are not written using the Roman alphabet. <ref name="rf15947">http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Language/hangul.cfm</ref>Thus, the Roman alphabet spellings of the words vary from site-to-site and are phonetic. <ref name="rf10593" /> | + | #*Korean numbers are written using symbols that are called “[[Set Up Your Windows XP Operating System to Enter Korean (Hangul) Characters|Hangul]]” and are not written using the Roman alphabet. <ref name="rf15947">http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Language/hangul.cfm</ref>Thus, the Roman alphabet spellings of the words vary from site-to-site and are phonetic. <ref name="rf10593">http://www.martialartsresource.com/korean/TKD.list.htm</ref> |
#*1 하나 (Hana or Hah nah) | #*1 하나 (Hana or Hah nah) | ||
#*2 둘 (Dul or Dool) | #*2 둘 (Dul or Dool) | ||
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#*In some ways, learning English is harder because words like "read" are pronounced completely differently depending on context. That's not true in Korean! | #*In some ways, learning English is harder because words like "read" are pronounced completely differently depending on context. That's not true in Korean! | ||
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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
