day 47first, second, third

first, second, third

Say first, second, third (and the eldest, the second child), count days (이틀, 사흘, 열흘) and months (개월), and say how often: every week, month, year.

today’s words

• 첫째 cheotjjae · first; the eldest (child)
• 둘째 duljjae · second; the second child
• 셋째 setjjae · third
• 넷째 netjjae · fourth
• 다섯째 daseotjjae · fifth
• 번째 beonjjae · -th (time, in order): 두 번째
• 스무 seumu · twenty (before a counter: 스무{seumu} 살)
• 쉰 swin · fifty (native number)
• 예순 yesun · sixty (native number)
• 이틀 iteul · two days
• 사흘 saheul · three days
• 나흘 naheul · four days
• 열흘 yeolheul · ten days
• 개월 gaewol · months (counter: 6개월)
• 매년 maenyeon · every year
• 매달 maedal · every month
• 매주 maeju · every week
• 다음날 daeumnal · the next day

sentences

• 저는 첫째이고, 동생은 둘째예요. · I'm the eldest, and my brother is the second.
• 한국에 두 번째 왔어요. · This is my second time in Korea.
• 결혼식까지 열흘 남았어요. · There are ten days to go until the wedding.
• 이틀 동안 비가 와서 빨래가 안 말랐어요. · It rained for two days, so the washing didn't dry.
• 아주머니 아들은 매주 토요일에 전화해요. · Mrs Choi's son phones every Saturday.