To count in Korean 🇰🇷

세다 info.

Tips to remember:
• Think of “세다” (se-da) sounding like “say,” and when you count, you often say numbers aloud.
• Remember that counting items involves “telling” them one by one, much like “saying” them.

Explanations:
• “세다” means “to count,” used for enumerating items, numbers, or objects.
• It is a basic, regular verb in Korean for counting.
• A similar verb is “계산하다” (gye-san-ha-da), which means “to calculate” or “to compute” but isn’t used for simply counting objects.

Conjugations (based on the infinitive “세다”):
– Dictionary form: 세다 (se-da)
– Present Plain (declarative): 센다 (sen-da)
– Present Polite: 세어요 (se-eo-yo) [often pronounced “세요” (se-yo)]
– Past Plain: 셌다 (seot-da)
– Past Polite: 셌어요 (seosseo-yo)
– Future: 셀 것이다 (sel geo-si-da) or Future Polite: 셀 거예요 (sel geo-ye-yo)
– Present Progressive: 세고 있다 (se-go it-da) “am/is counting”

Example sentences:
1. “나는 책을 센다.”
(na-neun chaeg-eul sen-da)
“I count the books.”

2. “그녀는 표를 셌어요.”
(geu-nyeo-neun pyo-reul seosseo-yo)
“She counted the votes.”

3. “그들은 돈을 셀 거예요.”
(geu-deul-eun don-eul sel geo-ye-yo)
“They will count the money.”

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