Nine
Nine in native Korean (아홉, ahop): a counting numeral that comes after 여덟 (yeodeol, eight) and before 열 (yeol, ten). The 대한검도회 (Daehan Geomdohoe) manual marks the steps of exercises with native numerals such as 하나 (hana) and 셋 (set).
How to say it
- Korean
- 아홉ahop
- Spanish
- Nueve
- English
- Nine
- Japanese
- 九くku
Nine is 아홉 (ahop) in Korean. It is a native Korean numeral (고유어 수사, goyueo susa) used for counting. The native series is: 하나 (hana), 둘 (dul), 셋 (set), 넷 (net), 다섯 (daseot), 여섯 (yeoseot), 일곱 (ilgop), 여덟 (yeodeol), 아홉 (ahop), 열 (yeol).
- The Sino-Korean equivalent is 구 (gu).
- The native ordinal is 아홉째 (ahopjjae, ninth).
- With 열 it forms 열아홉 (yeolahop, nineteen).
- Unlike 하나, 둘, 셋 and 넷, which change form before a counter word, 아홉 stays the same (for example 아홉 시, ahop si, «nine o'clock»).
In kumdo. The manual of the 대한검도회 (Daehan Geomdohoe) marks the beats of exercises with native numerals in quotation marks. In the 2동작 정면 머리치기 (i-dongjak jeongmyeon meorichigi), the count 「하나」 means stepping in with the right foot and raising and striking with the 죽도 (jukdo) in one beat. Another beat, marked 「셋」, has the practitioner move back and return to the guard.
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