수사에는 개수를 나타내는 기수와
순서를 나타내는 서수가 있는데 모두 형용사의 범주에 속한다. [ 기수
] [ 서수
]
Study Point 1 수사의 읽기와
철자 [ * 표시 철자에 유의 ]
1,000 -- one thousand (일천)
1 --
one
2 --
two
3 --
three
4 --
four
5 --
five
6 --
six
7 --
seven
8 --
eight
9 --
nine
10 --
ten
11 --
eleven
12 --
twelve
13 --
thirteen
14 --
fourteen
15 --
fifteen
20 --
twenty
21 --
twenty-one
30 --
thirty
40 -- forty
*
50 --
fifty
100 -- one
hundred
1st --
first
2nd --
second
3rd --
third
4th --
fourth
5th --
fifth*
6th --
sixth
7th --
seventh
8th -- eighth
*
9th -- ninth
*
10th --
tenth
11th --
eleventh
12th --
twelfth *
13th --
thirteenth
14th --
fourteenth
15th --
fifteenth
20th --
twentieth *
21st --
twenty-first
30th --
thirtieth
40th --
fortieth *
50th --
fiftieth
100th --
hundredth
10,000 -- ten
thousand (일만)
100,000 --
one hundred thousand (십만)
1,000,000 --
one million (백만)
1,000,000,000
-- one billion (십억)
1,000,000,000,000 -- one trillion (일조)
참고 : 수의 단위인 hundred,
thousand, million, billion, trillion 등은 그 앞에 복수의 수가 붙어도 복수형으로 하지 않는다. 또한
hundred, thousand, million 등이 복수형으로 쓰이면「수백」,「수천」,「수백만」의 뜻을 갖는다.
two hundred
three thousand
four million
five billion
six trillion
Hundreds of
children will be here.
(수백 명의 아이들이 이곳에 올 것이다.)
Thousands of people
live near the lake.
(수천 명의 사람들이 호수 근처에 산다.)
Millions of
computers have been sold out this year.
(올해 수백만 대의 컴퓨터가
팔렸다.)
Study Point 2 수 읽는
법
(1) 정수
(1)
23 -- twenty-three
(1) 99
-- ninety-nine
(1) 452
-- four-hundred (and) fifty-two
(1) 3,891
-- three-thousand eight-hundred (and)
ninety-one
= thirty-eight hundred (and) ninety-one
(1)
2,001 -- two thousand and one
(2) 분수, 소수
(1) 1/3
-- a-third = one-third
(1) 2/3
-- two-thirds
(1) 1/2
-- a-half = one-half
(1) 1/4
-- a-quarter = one-quarter
(1) 3.14
-- three point one four
(1) 26.43
-- twenty-six point four three
(1) 0.195
-- zero point one nine five
(3) 연호, 월일, 시각, 전화번호, 금액
(1) 1999
-- nineteen ninety-nine
(1) 2000
-- (the year) two thousand (cf.
Y2K)
(1) 2002
-- two thousand and two
(1) April 6
-- April (the) sixth = the sixth of
April
[ 구어체에서는 종종 April six라고 읽음
]
(1) 3:00
-- three o’clock (sharp)
(1) 3:15
-- three fifteen = a quarter past three
(1) 3:30
-- three thirty = a half past three
(1) 3:45
-- three forty-five = a quarter to four
(1) 443-2868
-- four four three two eight six eight
(1) 712-9200
-- seven one two nine two o[ou]
o[ou]
= seven one two nine two double
o[ou]
(1) $6.85
-- six dollars (and) eighty-five
cents
[ 구어체에서는 종종 six eighty-five라고 읽음
]
(4) 기타
(1)
Lesson 4 -- Lesson four = the fourth lesson
(4과)
(1) Track 2
-- Track two = the second track (2번 트랙, 2번 홈)
(1) Word War II
-- Word War two = the second World War
(2차 세계대전)
(1)
Gate 34 -- Gate thirty-four (34번 탑승구)
(1) Elizabeth II
-- Elizabeth the second (엘리자베스
2세)