Japanese Numbers
The japanese language uses 10 numbers from 0 to 9. (Duh!)
The numbers are:
| 0 | zero/rei | | 1 | ichi | | 2 | ni | | 3 | san | | 4 | shi/yon | | 5 | go | | 6 | roku | | 7 | nana/shichi | | 8 | hachi | | 9 | kyû/ku | | 10 | jû |
4 is considered unlucky because shi is also the word for death. You have to avoid four at all cost, especially when looking for presents :smile:
Numbers above 9
Now how to count up to 20? You will surely see the pattern:
11 jûichi
12 jûni
13 jûsan
14 jûshi/jûyon
15 jûgo
16 jûroku
17 jûshichi/jûnana
18 jûhachi
19 jûkyû
20 nijû
-tsu system
Japanese people use a different system to count up to ten (you didn't expect this to be easy did you? :wink:)
1 hitotsu
2 futatsu
3 mittsu
4 yottsu
5 itsutsu
6 muttsu
7 nanatsu
8 yattsu
9 kokonotsu
10 to
From 11 on the jûichi, jûni, jûsan etc is used.
Counting.
Japanese people cannot count like all of us, they have suffixes to add to a number to express the kind of item that is counted.
Examples:
-mai is used for flat objects like newspapers or stamps
-hon is used for round, long objects like pencils or flowers
-en is used for money (Yen)
-kai is used for houses
-hai is used for liquids
-nin is used for people
-toe is used for large animals
There are more words used for counting this is just a few.
This chibi-lesson should keep you busy for some time so I can copy Abluebond-sensei this time:
Ja ne,
Akari-chan
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