Lesson 5 | 제5과
Do you have Korean friends?
Do you have Korean friends?
In this lesson, we will discuss the following:
1. 있어요/없어요 "have/don't have"
2. The native Korean numbers
3. Counting words
4. The question word 몇 "how many".
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Key Sentences and Grammar.
가: 동생 있어요?
나: 네, 두 명 있어요.
있어요/없어요 "have/don't have".
In the last lesson we saw that 있어요/없어요 can indicate existence. In this lesson you will see how 있어요/없어요 is also used to indicate what someone possesses.
마크가 집이 있어요. Mark has a house.
마크가 자동차가 없어요.
Mark doesn't have a car.
* Note that in the examples, "house" and "car" are objects in English.
But in Korean, when you use the verb 있어요/없어요 these possessive objects always take the marker 이/가.
But in Korean, when you use the verb 있어요/없어요 these possessive objects always take the marker 이/가.
The native Korean numbers.
Korean has two systems of numbers -- a native Korean number system and a number system that has its roots in Chinese, called the Sino-Korean numbers. When counting, use the native Korean numbers.
1 하나
2 둘
3 셋
4 넷
5 다섯
6 여섯
7 일곱
8 여덟
9 아홉
10 열
The numbers 11~19 are made with 열 + the number. So, 12 would be 열둘. 20 is 스물.
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Counting words.
가: 가족이 모두 몇 명이에요? (How many people are in your family?)
나: 모두 네 명이에요. (Four people all together.)
When counting things or the number of people, but the object first, the native Korean number, followed by a counting word. This counting word changes depending upon the thing that is being counted.
보기: five cups ---> 컵 5 (다섯) 개
Korean number 1~4 and 20 change forms a bit before counting words.
하나 -- 한 개
둘 -- 두 개
셋 -- 세 개
넷 -- 네 개
스물 -- 스무 개
보기: two clocks ---> 시계 2 (두) 개
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The question word 몇 "how many".
몇 is the question word for "how many," used for asking about the number of things. Always use the appropriate counting word after 몇 and before the verb.
가: 표가 몇 장 있어요? How many tickets do you have?
나: (표가) 두 장 있어요. Two tickets.
