How to Say "Eleven" in Korean

열하나

yeolhana[jʌ̹ɾɦa̠na̠]

Eleven in Korean is expressed as 열하나 (yeolhana). Wiktionary also lists 십일 (sibil) and 일레븐 (illebeun).

Meaning: the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve (num)

Ways to say it

“eleven” in Korean
Korean	Romanization (Wiktionary)	IPA
열하나	yeolhana	[jʌ̹ɾɦa̠na̠] (SK Standard, Seoul, narrow)
십일	sibil	[ɕʰibiɭ] (SK Standard, Seoul, narrow)
일레븐	illebeun	[iɭɭe̞bɯn] (SK Standard, Seoul, narrow)

The native Korean form 열하나 is a compound of 열 (ten) and 하나 (one).

Use the native Korean form 열하나 when counting objects, people or expressing age.

The English word 'eleven' is transliterated as 일레븐 and is used primarily in modern pop culture or brand names.

yeolhana

In traditional Korean age counting, a baby is often considered one year old at birth. This means a child who is eleven in Western years might be called 열두 살 (twelve years old).
If you use the Sino-Korean 십일 to count people in a room, you might sound like a robot or a mathematical textbook rather than a human being.
When 열하나 is used as an adjective to describe a noun, the word 하나 changes to 한. For example, eleven people is 열한 명 rather than 열하나 명.

그 회의는 오전 십일시에 시작될 예정입니다.
The meeting is scheduled to start at eleven in the morning.
오늘 우리 열한 명이 함께 갈 거야.
Today, eleven of us will go together.
퇴근은 오늘 열한 시에 할거야?
Are you going to leave work at eleven today?
열하나예요.
yeol-hana-ye-yo.
It is eleven.
열하나를 더하세요.
yeol-hana-reul deo-ha-se-yo.
Add eleven.
사과가 열하나 있어요.
sa-gwa-ga yeol-hana iss-eo-yo.
There are eleven apples.

Hyunwoo and Jieun are counting items in a box.

현우 Hyeon-woo

여기 다 해서 몇 개예요?
yeogi da haeseo myeot gaeyeyo?
How many are there in total here?
지은 Ji-eun

전부 열하나 개 있어요, 현우 씨.
jeonbu yeolhana gae isseoyo, hyeon-u ssi.
There are eleven in total, Hyunwoo.
현우 Hyeon-woo

생각보다 조금 적네요.
saeng-gakboda jogeum jeongneyo.
That's a bit fewer than I thought.
지은 Ji-eun

네, 열하나 개가 맞아요.
ne, yeolhana gaega majayo.
Yes, eleven is correct.

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