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Konnichi wa! Last week I gave you a thought assignment. Here are answers to Thought Assignment #3:
How did you do with this assignment? Again, don't worry if you didn't get them all. Just trying is good practice. If you had difficulty with the katakana characters then by all means please go back and review them (starting here). In fact, here's a fast video from Japanesepod101.com reviewing katakana:
Now, if you'll recall, the general counters (or traditional numbers) cannot be used for people, time or money. So, let me introduce the people counters.
Usually we use にん (nin) when counting people. めい (Mei) is used more in service industries. For example, a waitress might ask how many people you have in your party. The waitress would use
めい (mei) as a counter to show respect to customers.
For example:
1. ごかぞくはなんにんですか Go kazoku wa nan nin desu ka? How many people are in your family? 2. いらっしゃいませ なん めい さま です か Irasshaimase. Nan mei sama desu ka? Welcome. Please come in. How many (are in your party)? Please note that in the second example, いらっしゃいませ (irasshaimase) is a common greeting you'll receive when entering shops and restaurants.
Now for this week's thought assignment (#4). See if you can guess how to say the following:
1. There are four people in my family. 2. There are 10 people in my family. 3. There are three people in my family. 4. There are six people in my family. 5. There are 20 people in my family. I'll post the answers next week.
Here's a video from Japanesepod101 that will help with this week's thought assignment:
This week's free practice writing sheet is ready for download below. Remember sometimes it helps to remember the words if you say them as you're tracing them.
The next time you're in a crowd, try to practice counting people. It will help reinforce learning the people counters.
All right, that's it for this week. I'll meet you here next week for more vocabulary and, possibly, more counters. Mata ne!
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