Korean for fun: Number and money

1. numbers

il 1	ee 2	sahm 3	sah 4	oh 5	yook 6	ch’il 7	pahl 8	koo 9
ship 10	ee-ship 20	sahm-ship 30	sah-ship 40	oh-ship 50	yook-ship 60	ch’il-ship 70	pahl-ship 80	koo-ship 90
paek 100	ee-paek 200	sahm-paek 300	sah-paek 400	oh-paek 500	yook-paek 600	ch’il-paek 700	pahl-paek 800	koo-paek 900
ch’on 1,000	ee-ch’on 2,000	sahm-ch’on 3,000	sah-ch’on 4,000	oh-ch’on 5,000	yook-ch’on 6,000	ch’il-ch’on 7,000	pahl-ch’on 8,000	koo-ch’on 9,000
mahn 10,000	ee-mahn 20,000	sahm-mahn 30,000	sah-mahn 40,000	oh-mahn 50,000	yook-mahn 60,000	ch’il-mahn 70,000	pahl-mahn 80,000	koo-mahn 90,000

“100,000” is [ship-mahn].
As you can see, units change every four digits in Korea (and in many other Asian counturies), and adding a comma every three digits (‘1,000’) is very western custom.

“14” is [ship-sah]. — 14 = 10+4.

Similarly, 143 is [paek-sah-ship-sahm].

2. money in different forms

tohn	money
won	the Korean monetary unit
k’ah-d	credit card
yo-haeng-jah soo-p’yoh	traveler’s check
dahl-luh	dollar