1. 수사 (Numeral)
수사에는 다음의 세가지가 있습니다.
① 기수사 (Cardinal) : one, two, three..
② 서수사 (Ordinal) : the first, second, the third..
③ 배수사 (Multiplicative) : half, double, thrice..
1) 기수 읽기
① 21~99까지는 hyphen (-)을 붙여요
21 : twenty-one / 58 : fifty-eight
② 100 이상의 수에는 hundred 다음에 and를 넣고 읽습니다.
135 one hundred and thirty-five / 567 : five hundred and sixty-seven
③ 1000 이상의 수는 세 계단마다 comma를 두고 읽습니다.
3,021 : three thousand and twenty-one
100,000 : one hundred thousand
1,000,000 : one million
10,000,000 : ten million
1,234,567 : one million, two hundred and thirty-four thousand, five hundred and sixty-seven.
④ 소수점 읽기
2.5 : two point (or decimal) five
34.805 : thirty-four point eight zero five
0.3417 : zero point three four one seven
⑤연대읽기 : 보통은 두 자리씩 끊어서 일어요
1994 : nineteen ninety-four
nineteen hundred ninety-four
one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
1800 : eighteen hundred
⑥전화번호 읽기
043)123-4560 : o[ou] four three
one two three four five six o
⑦시간읽기
9:30 a.m. = nine thirty [ei:em](a.m. = ante meridiem)
3:25 p.m. = three twenty five [pi:em] (p.m. = post meridiem)
10:55 = ten fifty-five, five to eleven
10:05 = ten o five, five past ten
10:15 = ten fifteen, a quarter past ten
10:30 = ten thirty, a half past tem
⑧금액읽기
$2.50 : two dollars (and) fifty (cents), two dollars and a half
분수
기수 - 서수
2/3 two - thirds
3/4 three - fourths
1/5 one - fifth
4/6 four - sixths