다섯

daseot · TOPIK 1

five (native Korean)

🖐️ Sounds like DA-SUHT: the set of five on one hand — da set

다섯 (daseot) is the native Korean five, used for counting things and ages. Its neighbour 여섯 (yeoseot, six) shares the same -섯 ending, so learn them as a rhyming pair: daseot, yeoseot = five, six.

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