50.[✐1] count the number, counter suffixes

[✐1. Adagio] When you enter a restaurant, you are typically asked “how many of you? なんめいさまですか？ If you are alone, you say “.........” ?

[ひとり、ひとつ、ほん、まい、だい]
“(It’s/I’m) one person (I’m alone/Just me.)”

[00:07]

Hello everyone.

[00:08]

You count things up to ten as follows.

Repeat after me

[00:13]

1.  one

2.  two

3.  three

4.  four

5.  five

6.  six

7.  seven

8.  eight

9.  nine

10.  ten

[00:54]

Now, answer as follows.

How many apples are there? / 6

→ There are 6.

Ready?

[01:05]

1.  How many chairs are there? / 8

→ There are 8.

2.  How many batteries do you buy?  / 9

→ I buy 2.

3.  How many rice balls do you eat? / 2

→ I eat 9.

4.  How many glasses do you buy? / 7

→ I buy 7.

5.  How many tennis balls are there? / 12

→ There are 12.

[02:10]

12 is ichi-daasu = a dozen.

You can say 1 ko(ikko)、2 ko(niko)、3ko(sanko)、4ko(yonko)… for small things.

You choose right counter, which are about 500 counters, depending on what you are referring.  Today we learn the most basic.

[02:17]

When it comes to people, “nin” is attached after the number, except for one and two.

Repeat after me

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