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How do you say "seventy-nine" in Korean?
칠십구
chil sip gu
In Korean, "seventy-nine" is 칠십구.
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Pronunciation
Pronounce 'chil ship goo' with the sharp opening transitioning to the round vowel ending.
Writing and usage
칠십구 has four syllable blocks. The 칠 is sharp, the 구 is round.
Example sentence
칠십구 마일이에요.
It's seventy-nine miles.
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How to remember 칠십구
Seventy-nine: the last of the seventies, with a round finish.
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- seventy-eight 칠십팔 chil sip pal
- seventy-two 칠십이 chil sip i
- sixty-six 육십육 yuk sip yuk
- slow 느린 neurin
- sunny 화창한 hwachanghan
- thirty-seven 삼십칠 sam sip chil
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Questions about 칠십구
How do you say "seventy-nine" in Korean?
In Korean, "seventy-nine" is 칠십구. It is a noun.
How is 칠십구 written in Korean?
칠십구 has four syllable blocks. The 칠 is sharp, the 구 is round.
How is 칠십구 used in a sentence?
Use 칠십구 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 칠십구 마일이에요. (It's seventy-nine miles.).
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"Seventy-nine" in other languages
- Japanese 七十九 (nanajūkyū)
- Chinese 七十九 (qī shí jiǔ)
- Spanish setenta y nueve
- Spanish (Latin America) setenta y nueve
- French soixante-dix-neuf
- German neunundsiebzig
- Italian settantanove
- Russian семьдесят девять (sem'desyat' devyat')
- Greek εβδομήντα εννέα (evdomínta ennéa)
- Arabic تسعة وسبعين (tis'a wisab'een)
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