Learn how to use the counter 권 (Gwon)
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| Do you know how to count magazines or newspapers? Find out at the end of this video! |
| Hi everybody! I'm Alisha. |
| 안녕하세요. 노경진입니다. |
| Welcome to Korean Counters for Beginners, where you'll learn how to count all sorts of different objects in Korean! Seonsaengnim (선생님), which counter will we learn in this lesson? |
| 권 (gwon) |
| First, let's take a look at what sorts of objects can be counted with this counter. |
| You can use this counter to count books. |
| 권 (gwon) |
| This counter can be used to count books or any object similar to a book, such as a photo album. |
| Okay, let's count from 1 to 10 with this counter. |
| 한 권 |
| 두 권 |
| 세 권 |
| 네 권 |
| 다섯 권 |
| 여섯 권 |
| 일곱 권 |
| 여덟 권 |
| 아홉 권 |
| 열 권 |
| This counter sounds different when it meets with the numbers that have batchim. Those are the numbers 5 to 10. |
| daseot kkwon(다섯 꿘) not daseot gwon(다섯 권) |
| yeoseot kkwon(여섯 꿘) not yeoseot gwon(여섯 권) |
| ilgop kkwon(일곱 꿘) not ilgop gwon (일곱 권) |
| yedeol kkwon(여덜 꿘) not yedeol gwon (여덜 권) |
| ahop kkwon(아홉 꿘) not ahop gwon (아홉 권) |
| yeol kkwon(열 꿘) not yeol gwon (열 권)" |
| Okay. Now let's take a look at some sample sentences using this counter. Listen carefully to what sorts of objects can be counted with this counter. |
| 책상에 책이 열 권 있습니다. |
| There are 10 books on the desk. |
| 잡지를 세 권 살 겁니다. |
| I'll buy 3 magazines. |
| 학교 도서관에서 책을 아홉 권 빌렸습니다. |
| I rented 9 books from a school library. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. I'm going to ask you a question in English. Answer the question in Korean. Are you ready? Make sure to use the right counter. |
| How many books did you read? |
| 책을 다섯 권 읽었습니다. |
| How many notebooks did you buy? |
| 공책을 여섯 권 구입했습니다. |
| Do you know how to count magazines or newspapers? The answer is... |
| 부 |
| You can use this counter when counting magazines or newspapers. Unlike books, these are published on a daily or a weekly basis. You can use this counter when counting the periodic publication. Seonsaengnim (선생님) will give you an example. |
| 신문 배달원이 매일 우리 집에 신문 한 부씩 배달합니다. |
| The newspaper delivery man delivers a copy of the newspaper to my house every day. |
| Okay, everyone. That's it for this lesson. We'll see you next time! |
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