셋째

setjjae · TOPIK 1

third

🥉 셋째 = 셋 (three) + 째 (ordinal suffix, -th) = third

셋 is the native Korean number three, and 째 turns a number into an ordinal. The same pattern gives 둘째 (second) and 넷째 (fourth). Sound hook: set-jjae, so the third item completes a set of three.

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