day 14dozens and thousands
unit 2 · time & amountsdozens and thousands
Complain that someone keeps on doing something with -어 대다, and talk about big and small numbers: dozens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, a majority, a few.
today’s words
- 다수 dasu · a large number, the majority
- 단 dan · just, only (단 하루)
- -당 -dang · -당: per (시간당)
- 대- dae- · 대-: big, great (대가족)
- 대규모 daegyumo · large-scale
- 대다수 daedasu · the great majority
- 두어 dueo · two or so, a couple of
- 량 ryang · -량: amount (사용량)
- 맨 maen · the very (맨 앞)
- 몫 mok · share, portion
- 몽땅 mongttang · all, every last one
- 무려 muryeo · as many as, no less than
- 분량 bullyang · amount, quantity (of work, text)
- 빠짐없이 ppajimeopsi · without missing any
- 소규모 sogyumo · small-scale
- 소수 sosu · a small number, the minority
- 수만 suman · tens of thousands
- 수많다 sumanta · be numerous, many
- 수백 subaek · hundreds
- 수십 susip · dozens, tens
- 수없이 sueopsi · countless times
- 수천 sucheon · thousands
sentences
- 아이가 밤새 울어 댔어요. · The baby kept crying all night.
- 동생이 하루 종일 과자를 먹어 대요. · My little brother keeps eating snacks all day long.
- 설날에는 수많은 사람들이 고향에 가요. · At Seollal, huge numbers of people go back to their home towns.
- 이 아르바이트는 시간당 만 원이라서 그럭저럭 괜찮아요. · This part-time job pays ten thousand won an hour, so it’s not bad.
- 회의에서 다수가 찬성하고 소수가 반대했어요. · At the meeting, most people agreed and a few were against it.