Counting Won — Day 46

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Counting Won

TOPIK 1 · Beginner · Counting Prices

저는 과자 세 개를 샀어요.
I bought three snacks.

한 개에 천 원이에요.
Each one is one thousand won.

모두 삼천 원이에요.
All together it is three thousand won.

오천 원을 냈어요.
I paid five thousand won.

거스름돈은 이천 원이에요.
The change is two thousand won.

계산이 아주 쉬워요.
The calculation is very easy.

Key words

  • 개 — item (counter)
  • 천 — thousand
  • 모두 — all/altogether
  • 쉽다 — to be easy
  • 내다 — to pay

Grammar

~에

per (price)

한 개에 천 원이에요.

It's a thousand won each.

~이에요/예요

to be (statement)

삼천 원이에요.

It is three thousand won.

한 개에 X원 means 'X won per item'; ~에 marks the unit price.