Pure Korean Numbers

The table below shows the “pure Korean” numbers. They are used mostly for counting.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

To put together numbers like "17" or "35" you just write the tens number followed by the ones number. Thus,
17 =
35 =

Note: when they precede a “classifier” (such as the word for “o’clock” when telling time), numbers ending in digits 1-4 and the number 20 change as follows:

becomes
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