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마흔

maheun

native · counting things, age · same before a counter (마흔 살, 마흔두 명)

forty

Example

삼촌은 올해 마흔이에요.

My uncle is forty this year.

Word parts

Native tens are separate words to memorize: 스물 20, 서른 30, 마흔 40, 쉰 50.