Re: Personal request

[Choe Hwanjin <choe hwanjin gmail com>]

On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 05:26:05 +0800, Abel Cheung <deaddog deaddog org> wrote:
> On 2005-01-01(Sat) 22:43:03 +0200, Alexandros Diamantidis wrote:
> > * Owen Taylor [2005-01-01 12:32]:
> > > What I'm looking for is "ninety" written out in various languages
> > > and in particular in various scripts.
> >
> > Modern/Demotic Greek: ενενήντα
> > Ancient/Kathareuousa Greek: ἐνενήκοντα
> > German: neunzig
> > French: quatre-vingt-dix
> > Italian: novanta
> > Japanese: 九十 (just "ninety") or 九十歳 ("ninety" with the counter for
> > years of age, i.e. "ninety years old")
> Traditional Chinese: 九十 (ninety) / 九十歲 (ninety yrs old)
> Simplified Chinese:  九十 (ninety) / 九十岁 (ninety yrs old)
> Korean: 구십 (ninety) / 구십 년 전에 (ninety yrs old)
>   (or)  아흔 (ninety) / 아흔 년 전에 (ninety yrs old)

Some correction for this as a korean native :)
Korean: 아흔살(ninety years old), or 구십세 (ninety years old, but this is
very very formal word)

And I think, "ninety what?" will be translated to korean like this:
"아흔살이나 되셨다구요?"