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Hello! If you'll recall, I gave everyone a thought assignment last week. Here are the answers to Thought Assignment #2:
How did you do? Did you get them right? If you did, congratulations! If you weren't quite on the mark, that's okay. We're still learning and it will all come with time.
I should also mention that the spaces in the text are by choice here. In Japanese, all the characters pretty much run together. I added spaces to make the patterns more visible and the content easier to read.
Now, we'll be going over the traditional numerals. And then I'll have another Thought Assignment for you.
Here are the traditional numerals:
As far as I can tell, after 10 you can use regular Japanese numbers. For example 11 would be jyū ichi, 12 would be jyū ni, etc. I'll update this if I find evidence otherwise.
Here's a video from Japanesepod101 featuring these counters:
Japanese Traditional Numerals can be used as counters for a group of diverse items, or if a beginning learner can't recall the item-specific counters you can use them for counting the same types of objects. It's always better to use the appropriate counters. However, you'll probably be understood if you use the Traditional Numerals. There are exceptions however. Traditional numerals can NOT be used to count people, money or time.
How about another thought assignment. This one will be Thought Assignment #3.
Some useful words to know for this thought assignment are: コーヒー = Kōhī = Coffee バッグ = Baggu = bag テレビ = Terebi = television バナナ = Banana クルマ = Car を = Wo/O = direct object marking particle (ex. Mizu o nomimasu = I drink water) が = subject marking particle ください = Please あります = Arimasu = there is/there are/it exists - used for inanimate objects (can't move by themselves) Let's try guessing how to say the following: 1. There are seven bags. 2. Five bananas, please. 3. There are 10 televisions. 4. Two coffees, please. 5. There are four cars. Please do your best. がんばって ください. I'll post the answers next week.
(If you would like to review your katakana, please see some of my posts regarding the katakana characters: Katakana A, E, I, O, U, Katakana K and G characters, Katakana S and Z characters, Katakana T and D characters, Katakana N characters, Katakana H (with dakuten and handakuten) characters, Katakana M characters, Katakana Y characters, Katakana R characters, Katakana W and N characters, and Katakana that Take the Dakuten and Handakuten. I've posted many more Katakana lessons which you can access by searching by month in my sidebar -->)
It's time for this week's free practice writing worksheet. I hope you enjoy writing these new counters.
Okay. Next week we'll have more vocabulary building, and more counters. Be sure to check out my SubscribeStar for bonus content just for subscribers. Mata raishū!
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