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Wordly Wednesday: Learning Japanese. Building Vocabulary: Numbers and Counting in Japanese.4/24/2019
Konnichi wa! Here's our next installment in Learning Japanese, Building Vocabulary. In the previous posts, we talked about Family Words (Part 1 and Part 2). This week I want to introduce numbers and counting words. Knowing these words will be useful in everyday conversations.
Counting is a complicated topic because although saying numbers is easy, in Japanese we have counters that represent different items that we're counting. The types of counters are varied and many. This week we'll tackle numbers. In the next couple of posts we'll go over a few common counters. Japanese Numbers From 1 - 50:
At this point it's good to note that there are two numbers that are unlucky in Japanese. According to Wikipedia: "The numbers 4 and 9 are considered unlucky in Japanese: 4, pronounced shi, is a homophone for death (死); 9, when pronounced ku, is a homophone for suffering (苦)"**
Therefore, for the most part, when counting you use yon (よん) for the numeral 4 and nana (なな) is used for the numeral 7.
Since we can't count things without using counters, and since this post already has so much to learn and remember, I'm going to stop here.
Japanesepod101.com has a great free resource to practice numbers: Japanese Vocbulary Lists: Numbers Okay, here's this week's free practice sheets:
I want to say Thank You to all my readers. I appreciate you all. I hope you enjoy the free resources and the posts. Until next week, mata ne!
Sources and Citations:
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_numerals * https://www.japanesepod101.com/japanese-vocabulary-lists/numbers * Abe, Namiko. "Japanese Numbers - Learn How to Count in Japanese." ThoughtCo, Jul. 25, 2016, thoughtco.com/japanese-numbers-learn-how-to-count-in-japanese-2028150. * Abe, Namiko. "Counting in Japanese." ThoughtCo, Dec. 5, 2018, thoughtco.com/counting-in-japanese-2027844.
おはよう (Ohayo)! Today we have more family words for you.
Here we go:
Just a note, in my research for this post I was looking for a word for "you" and although there is one, anata, you shouldn't really refer to anyone you're not familiar with using that term. It's always better to use their last name and -san, or other honorific befitting them. So, that's why it's not included in the chart.
Just to reiterate from last time, if you're talking about someone else's family, you're going to use honorific, polite, words. If you're talking with someone (not in your family) about your own family you use humble, familiar, words.
Just as with my last post, there are many more words for family members than I've listed here. For example, there are many words for cousin** depending upon whether they're female, male, older than you are, or younger than you are.
Also, in the Japanesepod101.com video, Risa references Oya as the word for parents. And yes, it can be used. However, after further research (thank you to the /r/LearnJapanese Shitsumonday thread for explaining the differences) Ryoshin always means parents (plural), while Oya can mean parent or parents. And, Oya is a more casual, less formal way of saying it. So, you won't go wrong erring on the side of caution and using a word that is more polite, formal. (See sources below)
Okay, here's the Japanesepod101.com video reviewing family words. Again, it's a little more advanced but practice makes permanent.
Before I give you this week's free practice writing sheet, let's introduce another Kanji character:
二 Ni (に) = the number two - pronounced knee. It's written with a straight line from left to right (like ichi from last week) on top and a longer straight line underneath it. All right! Now here is your free writing practice sheet featuring this week's vocabulary words. I hope you enjoy writing them.
That's it for this week. I hope to see you here next week with another vocabulary building post. Until then, mata raishū!
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