Learn Korean Ep. 99: Korean Counters (개, 명, 마리, 살, 장, 권, and more)

Ever wanted to know how to count in Korean? You’ll need to know about Korean counters (개, 명, 마리, 살, 장, 권, and more), and how to use Korean counters in actual sentences. Let’s learn how to count people, animals, things, a person’s age, and more. Before watching this video make sure you’re also familiar with both Sino-Korean numbers and Pure Korean numbers. There are videos for both of these topics on my channel - episodes 97 and 98.
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[@xavvlionesssairi]

This is perfect! Every lesson is so fun to watch! Great job, sir!

[@HmLys]

I FREAKING LOVE YOUR CHANNEL ♡♡♡♡♡ 저는 당신을 너무 너무 감사하고 있습니다. Your lessons are sooo helpful and exactly what I need. I just discovered your KZbin channel and I fell in love. I need to learn korean immediately since I'm living in Korea and you are a big help♡ Keep up the good work. you are awesome❤❤❤

[@cjt8469]

Some of them are hard to remember. Like plants. 송이 flowers, 그루 trees. And locations. Buildings are 채, but places are 군데

[@bdgdbdgd]

Awesome vid thx always

[@cyansnapdragons9837]

Such a coincidence you posted this video right when I needed it! Thank you for this! :)

[@sunah7276]

이심전심~

[@ZeLarpMaster]

I liked this format with the sounds and animations. In my opinion the sounds were slightly too loud/aggressive though. Keep up the good work! I like to see you improve the series over time

[@GoBillyKorean]

Thank you! I've started putting in a lot more time for each episode starting this year. I hope my videos can keep improving.

[@bluefinMarga]

I’m starting to understand the introductions 🤧

[@asilben9024]

شكرا لك استفدت من الدرس

[@04noname84]

Thank youuu!!

[@bra66655]

i think it is like saying for example: "book five books", "animal 8 animals"... like repeating the object but with another word. that's how i kind of get it...

[@Thinkerbelle486]

너무 감사합니다 ~

[@menhera_vestal_]

Love your videos👌💖

[@mmacy5386]

You are the best teacher

[@MCTJM]

저도 다섯살 때는 헷갈렸죠.

[@jackwhite8905]

청말 감사합니다! 네 영상들이 저를 자주 도와줘요 😊

[@byunTAEuP]

Just when I thought Korean couldn't possibly be confusing.

[@koya_joonie]

Billy sounds like he has a cold :/ Get well!!

[@bibianamajorska6520]

I do have a question native numbers above 40/50, though. Is it acceptable to say 예순 명instead of 육십 명?

[@GoBillyKorean]

Yes, but my Pure Korean numbers episode (in this series) talks about this. Typically above 40 or 50 they'll switch to Sino-Korean numbers. I recommend checking out that episode as well.

[@ahmadalaa1562]

What about country and cities?

[@boucharebyasmine9908]

Please just tell me how did you learn speaking korean so well ? Please i need a video that explain simply how to use object and subject marking particles. Thanks a lot

[@GoBillyKorean]

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[@vitorialuizaferreira4313]

There is soooo many of them

[@theophonchana6307]

여섯 명 [여선명] 백명 [뱅명]

[@natalia-pz4cb]

hey billy !! i have a question. i understood this lesson perfectly and it was really helpful but then I went to try to make sentences of my own. I wanted to say "There are 3 books on the desk." So i thought "책상 위에 책이 세 권 있어요." but apparently it's "책상 위에 세 권의 책이 있어요." Does the structure change when using the verb 있다 or am I misunderstanding something? can you please explain this or refer me to a lesson? thank you in advance !!

[@GoBillyKorean]

Where did you see the other version? Both are fine, but the one I teach in this video is the most commonly used version for counting things.

[@ytoh6408]

does the special rule for 1,2,3,4 and 20 applies only to counting people, or applies to every counters?

[@GoBillyKorean]

All counters. Any time they're used before a noun.

[@ghazals.a1318]

I have a question: counter for flowers is 송 or 송이? I would appreciate if you answer me ^^

[@goingon99]

It's 송이 (꽃 한 송이) though my answer is probably too late.

[@roselle1330]

what is the classifier of packs ??? please

[@GoBillyKorean]

It depends on the type of pack, but you can probably use "팩" if you mean like a pack of products.

[@roselle1330]

담배 다섯 갑 ? . 담배 다섯 개? im confused Between 갑 and 개.

[@nandemone1787]

Hi Sir! The pdf isn't accessible 😭

[@GoBillyKorean]

Yes, they're all accessible from my web site. You just have to click the post to open it, and the link is below the video inside of the post.

[@Dan_nial00]

Billy i want ask you 1 question. 량 for counter too right? But 량 for counter what . ?? Please answer me.

[@GoBillyKorean]

Can you show me an example?

[@Dan_nial00]

@@GoBillyKorean example for 기차 (train). I watch some video and she say 4 train is . 기차 네 량 .. and not only for train. It's for truck too can you explain . 량 for what

[@GoBillyKorean]

@@Dan_nial00 Yes, it's only for counting trains - it's not a common counter at all. I've maybe heard it only once or twice. Instead, use "대" for counting trains/cars/vehicles - that's super common.

[@Dan_nial00]

@@GoBillyKorean ohhh ok tq for you explain billy. Its very useful for me .

[@loco_poco]

Hey Billy, I think counters are useless because example- one apple just means one apple but when writing it in Korean, we have to add a counter with it. For no reason, totally unnecessary. Do you agree Billy?

[@GoBillyKorean]

We use something like these "counters" in English too, so they're very useful. We just use them in different ways. For example, we often use unique counters for "groups" of things or animals - "a school of fish," "a flock of birds," etc. They're useful in providing context to the sentence, and are also useful in Korean with numbers. In addition, as soon as you hear the counter you can get an image of what the person is talking about without having to repeat the noun.

[@theophonchana6307]

여섯명 => [여선명]

[@beautifulwalrus277]

I have a question for you GO! Billy. If you are a foreigner living in South Korea, is it racist to come up with a korean name for yourself if your foreign name doesn't translate nicely into korean?

[@GoBillyKorean]

It's not racist. You can tell them it's your nickname if you'd like, but they'll still be curious about your real name :) Some people do use alternate Korean names, it's just less common. I mean, even I just use 고빌리 because it's simple.

[@beautifulwalrus277]

Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean thank you!

[@hopelessclown]

Hnngh...I just can't wrap my head around these number words. They don't feel like they actually add any additional information, so my brain has extreme difficulty internalizing them. Why doesn't Korean just use one word for each number? Between having both sino and native numbers, the huge list of counting words, and the fact that five sino numbers are arbitrarily shortened when combined with a counter, there are a seemingly endless variations of sounds I need to recognize and reproduce for each individual number.

[@GoBillyKorean]

English does some wacky things with numbers too, but not in the same way. Why do we say "one time" or "once?" And why "twice" and "thrice?" Why does English use "first" and "second" and "third" (etc.) with unique words? Why do we have "eleven," "twelve," "thirteen," and other unique numbers after 10? The way things work is very different between Korean and English, but Korean isn't alone in doing strange things with numbers. I think in French it's even worse at times. Also, we use counters in English, but not as strictly as in Korean. We'd still say "I need 5 sheets of paper" or "I bought a bottle of water" and things like that. In Korean I actually think it's a bit more organized and simpler in this regard.

[@hopelessclown]

@@GoBillyKorean Korean is definitely more organized than English. It seems to me that Korean follows its rules more than English, but has far more rules. English also has more words but more of the words are "optional" (for instance, in English I can always just say "eat", I never have to say "dine" or "consume" unless I want to sound fancy, whereas with Korean I must use honorific words and higher forms of politeness when speaking to elders and such) and there are very few forms of each given word compared to Korean, making it easier for a beginner to functionally communicate as long as the native English speaker uses basic common words (which is further helped by the fact that native English speakers are more accustomed to doing so, since we have more exposure to non-native speakers). And while English definitely has some weird pattern-breaks with numbers, such as the number twelve (which my students constantly mix up with twenty, so I know that's a difficult one), it's incredibly helpful that once they learn the word "twelve" they will always hear the word "twelve" whenever someone wants to express the concept of the numeral "12" (unless someone says "dozen", but like I said before, that's optional language that you probably wouldn't use when talking to a non-native beginner).

[@Yungaenggaengyi]

일본분이 왜 칠분이 아니고 일곱분이냐는 글을 읽은 기억이 있네요ㅋㅋㅋ

[@user-ub8cx4mc3g]

I am korean and it is so easy for me. HAHAHA

[@yn9229]

;-;

[@user-ur7ec6tb6f]

1st🤗

[@ll1844]

So I am still trying to decipher a written phone number I got from a Korean..... There is a # written that almost looks like a curved 7 and then a vertical straight line to the top left. Almost like the number 17 but the "1" doesn't go all the way down. I'm thinking its something to do with the way #s are written by Koreans but not sure. Think it may be either a 7 or maybe a 4. Also worth mentioning before this character that kind of looks like a "17" there is a 1 to the left that goes all the way down like "117" but the middle 1 doesn't go all the way down and 7 looks more like a close parenthesis with the curve going towards the top. The fact that this "117" ish character is seen twice in the phone number makes think they might be connected (once in the area code and again in the last set of numbers). odd