스물

seumul · TOPIK 1

twenty

seumul sounds like SOME MORE: past ten, count some more to reach twenty

스물 is the native Korean word for twenty, used for ages and counting things (스무 살 = twenty years old). Before a counter it drops the ㄹ and becomes 스무. The Sino-Korean twenty is 이십, used for dates, money and minutes.

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