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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:46 am    Post subject: Count to ten Reply with quote

How fast can you count to ten in Korean? Which one do you count faster? Pure or Sino-Korean?

With pure, I get screwed up at 10. With sino, I get screwed up at 6, and a bit at 7. It's because there are two.

If you really want to test your fluency in a language, test how fast you can count to ten.

Mine, beginning from best, are:

English
French
Chinese
Pure Korean
Sino-Korean

I think my pure Korean counting is better because I think it's used more. And there's a tukeummusul martial arts school in the basement of my hagwon and they count the numbers out really loud. Hana, dul, set, net, taseot, yeoseot,...
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postfundie



Joined: 28 May 2004

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

the freaking numbers drive me crazy..but I will prevail
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poet13



Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

English
French (very little more than though)
Greek
Spanish
Sino-korean
Korean
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mnhnhyouh



Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: The Middle Kingdom

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

English
German
Japanese
Pure K
Sino K


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ipsofacto



Joined: 26 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:21 am    Post subject: Re: Count to ten Reply with quote

yingwenlaoshi wrote:
If you really want to test your fluency in a language, test how fast you can count to ten.


If your really want to test your fluency, try counting down from 10 ..... Much more difficult.
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mnhnhyouh



Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: The Middle Kingdom

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:23 am    Post subject: Re: Count to ten Reply with quote

ipsofacto wrote:

If your really want to test your fluency, try counting down from 10 ..... Much more difficult.


To learn the numbers I was taking the odd little bit of time during class, when the students were occupied, and making a list of roman numerals, 1 - 10, down the board, but in jumbled order.

Then I would write the Pure Korean and Sino Korean next to them.

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yesman



Joined: 15 Sep 2006

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

English
Swedish
Spanish
Japanese
Sino-Korean
Pure Korean

yingwenlaoshi wrote:

If you really want to test your fluency in a language, test how fast you can count to ten.


Not meaning to nitpick (okay, yes I am), but I wouldn't equate fluency with basic counting speed.

But I do like the post, btw.
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thebum



Joined: 09 Jan 2005
Location: North Korea

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

english
sino-korean
pure korean
spanish
latin
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Qinella



Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

english
spanishy
sino-korean
pure korean
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Who really gives a ssshit?

Are you looking to be hired as a translator from this site?
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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

caniff wrote:
Who really gives a *beep*?

Are you looking to be hired as a translator from this site?


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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bet you can count to ten in Klingon too, right? After that you have to take your shoes off.
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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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JMO



Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1English
2Irish(realised there now that I can till do this)
3Sino korea
4Pure korean
5French
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh, noo!!! Not the lame retort!!! Please don't do that to me!!

Hey, I just thought it was a lame thread. Not so much because of your OP, but because of the 'who gives a shit' responses by people making lists.

Again, who cares? (I can count to ten!!! WHEEEEE!!!!)
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