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      CHAPTER 4

      Numbers

      For counting ten objects or less, use the numbers presented below. For example, if you want six folding fans, say Sensu wo muttsu kudasai. If you have four bags, say Nimotsu ga yottsu arimahss. The good thing about numbers is that you can always use your fingers to make certain someone understands you.

      WORDS & EXPRESSIONS

      one (of these)

      hitotsu

      １つ（ひとつ）

      please; please give

      kudasai

      ください

      one of these

      kore wo hitotsu/kono uchi no hitotsu

      これを１つ（ひとつ)／このうちのひとつ

      sandwich

      sandoitchi

      サンドイッチ

      two

      futatsu

      ２つ（ふたつ）

      folding fan

      sensu

      扇子（せんす）

      three

      mittsu

      ３つ（みっつ）

      four

      yottsu

      ４つ（よっつ）

      five

      itsutsu

      ５つ（いつつ）

      six

      muttsu

      ６つ（むっつ）

      seven

      nanatsu

      ７つ（ななつ）

      eight

      yattsu

      ８つ（やっつ）

      nine

      kokonotsu

      ９つ（ここのつ）

      ten

      tō

      10（とお）

      ten pieces

      jukko

      10個（じゅっこ）

      how many

      ikutsu

      いくつ

      want/need

      irimahss

      いります

      bag; baggage

      nimotsu

      荷物（にもつ）

      [subject particle]

      ga

      が

      there is; there are

      arimahss

      あります

      many

      takusan

      たくさん

      EXAMPLES

      Please give me one.

      Hitotsu kudasai.

      １つ（ひとつ）ください｡

      Please give me one of these.

      Kore wo hitotsu kudasai.

      これを１つ（ひとつ）ください｡

      Please give me two sandwiches.

      Sandoitchi wo futatsu kudasai.

      サンドイッチを２つ（ふたつ）ください｡

      Please give me three folding fans.

      Sensu wo mittsu kudasai.

      扇子（せんす）を３つ（みっつ）ください｡

      How many do you want?

      Ikutsu irimasu ka?/ Ikutsu dess ka?

      いくついりますか？／いくつですか？

      I want ten.

      Jukko dess.

      １０個（じゅっこ）です｡

      How many bags are there?

      Nimotsu wa ikutsu arimahss ka?

      荷物（にもつ）はいくつありますか？

      There are four.

      Yottsu arimahss.

      ４つ（よっつ）あります｡

      There are many.

      Takusan arimahss.

      たくさんあります｡

      I have many bags.

      Nimotsu ga takusan arimahss.

      荷物（にもつ）がたくさんあります｡

      COUNTERS

      Another way of counting uses special words that are attached to numerals. These words, called counters, vary according to the type of object. For example, long, thin objects like pens take the counter hon; flat objects use mai.

      Counters exist for cars, fish, birds, buildings, airplanes, clothing, small animals, and large animals. There’s even one for Japanese poems, and a different one for Chinese poems. But don’t fret about remembering all of them. It’s all right to count things with hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu,

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