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UNIT 9 얼마예요?
Note 1: Koreans typically express the first four (or three) digits of a phone
number as one number, followed by 국에, and then the last four digits as
another number, before finally adding 번. However, Koreans are increasingly
expressing phone numbers as a series of digits, as in English.
More examples:
(1) A: 이거 얼마예요? How much is this?
B: 천오백 원이에요. It’s 1,500 won.
(2) A: 신입사원 월급이* 얼마나 돼요? How much is the starting
salary?
B: 삼백만 원이에요. 3,000,000 won (per month).
(In Korea, salaries are calculated by the month. 월급 means a month’s
pay (월 month + 급 provision). An employee will usually receive a
bonus payment which can be up to 6 months base salary per year, as
well as allowances for meals and travelling expenses. Starting annual
salaries for university graduates in major companies averaged
29,850,000 won (A$ 40,695) in 2007.)
(3) A: 추석이* 언제예요? When is Chuseok?
B: 음력 팔월 십오일이에요. It’s August 15
in the lunar calendar.
(추석 is one of the most important public holidays in the Korean
calendar. Traditionally, it marked the end of the harvest in autumn. On
the day before 추석 literally millions of Koreans jam the highways as
they travel to their hometowns for the traditional celebrations.)
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