Learn how to use the counter 잔 (Jan)
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| Do you know how to count bottles? Find out at the end of this video! |
| Hi everybody! I'm Alisha. |
| 안녕하세요. 노경진입니다. |
| Welcome to Korean Counters for Beginners, where you'll learn how to count all sorts of different objects in Korean! Seonsaengnim (선생님), which counter will we learn in this lesson? |
| 잔 (jan) |
| First, let's take a look at what kind of objects can be counted with the counter. |
| When you count the number of glasses, you can use this counter. |
| 잔 (jan) |
| This counter literally means "a glass." When you need water, any other beverage or beer that can be contained inside a glass or a cup, you can use this counter. In Korean, you should literally say "One glass of water please" with the right counter. |
| Okay, let's count from 1 to 10 with this counter. |
| 한 잔 |
| 두 잔 |
| 세 잔 |
| 네 잔 |
| 다섯 잔 |
| 여섯 잔 |
| 일곱 잔 |
| 여덟 잔 |
| 아홉 잔 |
| 열 잔 |
| Like other counters, the counter sounds differently when it's used after the nouns that end with batchim, which are the numbers 5 to 10. |
| daseot jjan(다섯 잔) not daseot gwon(다섯 짠) |
| yeoseot jjan(여섯 잔) not yeoseot gwon(여섯 짠) |
| ilgop jjan(일곱 잔) not ilgop gwon (일곱 짠) |
| yedeol jjan(여덜 잔) not yedeol gwon (여덜 짠) |
| ahop jjan(아홉 잔) not ahop gwon (아홉 짠) |
| yeol jjan(열 잔) not yeol gwon (열 짠) |
| Okay. Now let's take a look at some sample sentences using this counter. Listen carefully to what sorts of objects can be counted with this counter. |
| 잠을 자기 전에 물을 한 잔 마십니다. |
| I drink a cup of water before going to sleep. |
| 레스토랑에서 와인 한 잔을 주문했습니다. |
| I ordered a glass of wine at a restaurant. |
| 스타벅스의 커피 한 잔은 3500 원입니다. |
| A cup of Starbucks coffee costs 3,500 won. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. I'm going to ask you a question in English. Answer the question in Korean. Are you ready? Make sure to use the right counter. |
| How many cups of water did you drink yesterday? |
| 어제는 물 다섯 잔을 마셨습니다. |
| How many cups of orange juice do you usually drink a week? |
| 저는 한 주에 평균 오렌지 주스 세 잔을 마십니다. |
| Do you know how to count bottles in Korean? The answer is.. |
| 병 |
| It literally means "Bottles." You can use this when you count bottles of water or beverages. And it's not just for beverages – you can count the number of any types of bottles using this counter. Seonsaengnim (선생님) will give you an example. |
| 가족과 함께 콜라 한 병을 마셨습니다. |
| I drank a bottle of cola with my family. |
| Okay, everyone. That's it for this lesson. We'll see you next time! |
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