Why does korean have 2 number systems?

Ajouté : 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Korean has two completely different number systems that nobody warns you about. But, here's a 30-second breakdown. Sino-Korean: il, i, sam, sa.

[00:00:06]This is used for dates, money, minutes, and phone numbers. Native Korean: hana, dul, set, net, dasot. This is used for counting objects, hours, and age. The trick is anything you count on its own uses native numbers, and anything that needs a counter with it will be Sino numbers. Memrise has a whole module dedicated to this because it's a little bit confusing at first. Once you get it, you get it. Now, how many fingers am I holding up? I want you to comment it down below in native Korean.