마리
mari · TOPIK 1
(counter for animals)
🐶🐱 Sounds like Mary: Mary had a little lamb, so count animals in mari
마리 follows a native Korean number to count animals: 개 두 마리 = two dogs, 고양이 세 마리 = three cats. Link it to the nursery rhyme: Mary owned one lamb, 양 한 마리. Any creature, from fish to birds, takes this counter.