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How do you say "eighty-nine" in Korean?
팔십구
pal sip gu
In Korean, "eighty-nine" is 팔십구.
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Pronunciation
Pronounce 'pahl ship goo' with the soft opening and round closing vowel.
Writing and usage
팔십구 has four syllable blocks. The 팔 is soft, the 구 is round.
Example sentence
팔십구 연도에 시작됐어요.
It started in eighty-nine.
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How to remember 팔십구
Eighty-nine: the last of the eighties, closing with a round sound.
Related words
- fifty-two 오십이 o sip i
- forty-four 사십사 sa sip sa
- heavy rain 폭우 pogu
- messy 지저분한 jijeompoonhan
- ninety 구십 gu sip
- ninety-nine 구십구 gu sip gu
- rainstorm 폭풍우 pokpungu
- twenty 스물 seumul
- twenty-three 이십삼 i sip sam
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Questions about 팔십구
How do you say "eighty-nine" in Korean?
In Korean, "eighty-nine" is 팔십구. It is a noun.
How is 팔십구 written in Korean?
팔십구 has four syllable blocks. The 팔 is soft, the 구 is round.
How is 팔십구 used in a sentence?
Use 팔십구 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 팔십구 연도에 시작됐어요. (It started in eighty-nine.).
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"Eighty-nine" in other languages
- Japanese 八十九 (hachijūkyū)
- Chinese 八十九 (bā shí jiǔ)
- Spanish ochenta y nueve
- Spanish (Latin America) ochenta y nueve
- French quatre-vingt-neuf
- German neunundachtzig
- Italian ottantanove
- Russian восемьдесят девять (vosem'desyat' devyat')
- Greek ογδοντα εννέα (ogdónta ennéa)
- Arabic تسعة وتمانين (tis'a witamaneen)
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