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| Lesson: Japanese Numbers Of course, everyone should know how to count numbers right? Then this lesson might help you on learning that certain topic... --- 1 - ichi (一) 2 - ni (二) 3 - san (三) 4 - shi (四) 5 - go (五) 6 - roku (六) 7 - shichi (七) 8 - hachi (八) 9 - ku [kyuu] (九) 10 - jyuu (十) 100 - hyaku (百) 1000 - sen (千) --- Tens: 72 The number is exactly pronounced as: Seven Ten, Two which is in Japanese "shichi jyuu ni", here are more examples to be given: 48 - shi jyuu hachi (four tens eight) [四十八] 50 - go jyuu (five tens) [五十] 99 - ku jyuu ku (nine tens nine) [九十九] --- Hundreds: 272 Like in the tens, the same rule applies and is exactly pronounced as: Two Hundreds, Seven Tens, Two or "ni hyaku shichi jyuu ni", more examples to be given: 480 - shi hyaku hachi jyuu (four hundreds eight tens) [四百八十] 500 - go hyaku (five hundreds) [五百] 999 - ku hyaku ku jyuu ku (nine hundreds nine tens nine) [九百九十九] There is another rules in Japanese wherein you say "hyaku" as "byaku" when using numbers from 300-399, here's an examples for you're understanding: 372 - san byaku shichi jyuu ni (three hundreds eight tens nine) [三百七十二] --- Thousands: 7467 Like before, the same rule applies and is exactly pronounced as: Seven Thousands, Four Hundreds, Six Tens, Seven or "shichi sen shi hyaku roku jyuu shichi", more examples to be given: 4800 - shi sen hachi hyaku (four thousands eight hundreds) [四千八百] 5000 - go sen (five thousands) [五千] 9999 - ku sen ku hyaku ku jyuu ku (nine thousands nine hundreds nine tens nine) [九千九百九十九] Like the previous rule in Tens, we pronounce "sen" as "zen" when using numbers from 3000-3999, here's another example: 3720 - san zen shichi hyaku ni jyuu (three thousands seven hundreds two tens) [三千七百二十] --- Ten Thousands: This one took me sometime to understand and I really can't teach this level that much so I'll just try to make it as simple as I can that it'd look as if it's just an introduction, cause it's not that clear to me too lol In Ten Thousands, we just add the "-man" as a suffix to the number to make it ten thousands. For instance, ichi-man would be 10000, ni-man, san-man, shi-man... etc. and so on, I can use ten thousands already it's just that I'm not to sure on teaching it, I don't want to make a mistake teaching nonsene, ne? |
| QUOTE (animeallen @ Jan 20 2006, 01:41 PM) |
| Actually, that's how I also think of it :huh: I think it just depends on how you speak? :P |
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| 0 = rei, maru, zero 1 = ichi 2 = ni 3 = san 4 = shi, yon 5 = go 6 = roku 7 = sichi, nana 8 = hachi 9 = ku, kyuu 10 = juu To form numbers from 11 to 19, start with juu, 10, then place the number you need after it from the nubers above. Examples: 11 = juu ichi 12 = juu ni 13 = juu san 14 = juu yon, juu shi 15 = juu go 16 = juu roku 17 = juu nana, juu shichi 18 = juu hachi 19 = juu kyuu, juu ku NOTE: Some numbers have more than one version. Depending on the usage, a different version is used. Sometimes one version must be used over, but many times the version used is a personal preference. But there are also some cultural reasons for the different versions. 0- Each version of "0" is used in different situations. rei is used in scientific calculations such as 0.5. maru literally means "circle" and is used to represent the number 0 in phone numbers etc. much in the same way we represent the number 0 with the letter O sometimes. zero is a "borrowed word" from English. It is used in a variety of situations and is probably most common. 4- The number four in Japanese is yon or shi. shi means death. 9- The number nine in Japanese is kyuu or ku. Ku also means suffering. For these reasons, nine and four are bad luck in Japan. Many apartment buildings in Japan do not have apartments numbered 4 or 9. Both versions are used extensively in Japan, so make sure to remember each one. THE TENS 10-90 The "ten's" are formed by combining the single numbers with juu. For example, twenty is two tens(ni-juu), fifty is five tens(go-juu). The concept is simple. 10 = juu 20 = ni-juu 30 = san-juu 40 = yon-juu *never "shi-juu"* 50 = go-juu 60 = roku-juu 70 = nana-juu *never "shichi-juu"* 80 = hachi-juu 90 = kyuu-juu And the rest is easy. To make a number like 31 just string the numbers thirty and one together. This can be done with all number up to 99. 21 = ni-juu-ichi 22 = ni-juu-ni 23 = ni-juu-san 24 = ni-juu-yon = ni-juu-shi 25 = ni-juu-go 26 = ni-juu-roku 27 = ni-juu-nana = ni-juu-shichi 28 = ni-juu-hachi 29 = ni-juu-kyuu = ni-juu-ku THE HUNDREDS 100-900 With the hundreds(hyaku) and 1,000(sen) the pattern is basically the same, but there are some variations. The variations are in bold type. 100 = hyaku *never "ichi-hyaku"* 200 = ni-hyaku 300 = san-byaku *never "san-hyaku"* 400 = yon-hyaku *never "shi-hyaku"* 500 = go-hyaku 600 = roppyyaku *never "roku-hyaku"* 700 = nana-hyaku *never "shichi-hyaku"* 800 = happyaku *never "hachi-hyaku"* 900 = kyuu-hyaku *never "ku-hyaku"* THE THOUSANDS 1,000-9,000 1000 = sen, issen *never "ichi-sen"* 2000 = ni-sen 3000 = san-zen *never "san-sen"* 4000 = yon-sen *never "shi-sen"* 5000 = go-sen 6000 = roku-sen 7000 = nana-sen *never "shichi-sen"* 8000 = hassen *never "hachi-sen"* 9000 = kyuu-sen *never "ku-sen"* THE TEN THOUSANDS 10,000's When the numbers go past 90,000, this same pattern continues. Be Careful! Students of Japanese tend to think that 100, is hyaku-man.The reason for this is that in English 100,000 is one hundred thousand. Don't let the word hundred fool you. A hundred units of man (10,000) is one million, not one hundred thousand. When you calculate the number you must count how many man are in the number. In the case of 100,000 there are 10 man. Therefore the correct number in Japanese for 100,000 is juu-man. The 1,000 unit ends at 9,000. After 9,000 the Japanese begin counting in units of 10,000. Each unit of 10,000 is called man. So, 10,000 is ichi-man because it is 1 unit of 10,000. 20,000 is ni-man which is 2 units of 10,000. This is easy to grasp with practice. 10,000 = ichi-man *never just "man"* 20,000 = ni-man 30,000 = san-man 40,000 = yon-man *never "shi-man"* 50,000 = go-man 60,000 = roku-man 70,000 = nana-man *never "shichi-man"* 80,000 = hachi-man 90,000 = kyuu-man *never "ku-man"* THE HUNDRED THOUSANDS 100,000's If one hundred thousand is juu-man then put a 2 (ni) in front of it to make 200,000 (ni-juu-man) and so on. There is a shortcut for remembering the large numbers. Just remember the two numbers below as is and not how many man there are. 100,000 = juu-man 1,000,000 = hyaku-man 100,000 = juu-man *never "ichi-juu-man"* 200,000 = ni-juu-man 300,000 = san-juu-man 400,000 = yon-juu-man *never "shi-juu-man"* 500,000 = go-juu-man 600,000 = roku-juu-man 700,000 = nana-juu-man *never "shichi-juu-man" 800,000 = hachi-juu-man 900,000 = kyuu-juu-man *never "ku-juu-man"* THE MILLIONS 1,000,000's You do the same for the millions. Because you can think of the "million unit" as being hyaku-man you simply add the single digits to increase the units. 1,000,000 = hyaku-man never "ichi-hyaku-man" 2,000,000 = ni-hyaku-man 3,000,000 = san-byaku-man *never "san-hyaku-man"* 4,000,000 = yon-hyaku-man *never "shi-hyaku-man"* 5,000,000 = go-hyaku-man 6,000,000 = roppyaku-man *never "roku-hyaku-man"* 7,000,000 = nana-hyaku-man *never "shichi-hyaku-man"* 8,000,000 = happyaku-man *never "hachi-hyaku-man"* 9,000,000 = kyuu-hyaku-man *never "ku-hyaku-man"* |