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