2-5 Flashcards
here (place)
koko
there (place)
soko
over there (place)
asoko
tissue
tisshu
homework
shukudai
exam
shiken
quiz
shootestuto
worksheet
waakushiito
chocolate
chokoreeto
candy
ame, kyandii
Counting flat objects such as paper, plates, CDs, tickets, shirts, tissue, etc.
ichimai, nimai, sanmai, YONmai, gomai, rokumai, NANAmai, hachimai, KYUUmai, juumai. Nanmai?
Counting round objects or other unclassified objects, such as keys, applies, candies, hamburgers, rings, etc.
hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu, yottsu, itsutsu, muttsu, nanatsu, yattsu, kokonotsu, too. NOTE: For this “oo” sound as in “too” (10), it is spelled with an “o” instead of an “u” Ikutsu?
– o kudasai.
Please give me –. (e.g., Omizu o kudasai.)
Here, please. (Here you are.)
Hai, doozo.
See Grammar on page 46.
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Something o kudasai.
Enpitsu o kudasai.
Teacher, please give me some tissue.
Sensei, tisshu o kudasai.
Excuse me. Please give me two worksheets.
Sumimasen. Waakushiito o nimai kudasai.
Excuse me. Please give me three tissues.
Sumimasen. Tisshu o sanmai kudasai.
Excuse me. Please give me four candies.
Sumimasen. Ame o yottsu kudasai.
Excuse me. Please give me eight candies.
Sumimasen. Ame o yattsu kudasai.
Please give me one piece of candy.
Ame o hitotsu kudasai.
Something wa koko/soko/asoko desu.
–
The tissue is over there.
Tissue wa asoko desu.
The homework is here.
Shukudai wa koko desu.
See more counters on page 47.
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“Hitotsu”, “futatsu”, etc.
Used for counting things in general.
“Hitori”, “futari”, etc.
Used for counting people.
“Ippai”, “nihai”, etc.
Derived from Chinese counting: cupfuls, spoonfuls, glassfuls, spoonfuls.
“Ippon”, “nihon”, etc.
Derived from Chinese counting: long, cylindrical objects
“Ichimai”, “nimai”, etc.
Derived from Chinese counting: thin, flat objects
“Ippiki”, “nihiki”, etc.
Derived from Chinese counting: small animals
“Issatsu”, “nissatsu”, etc.
Derived from Chinese counting: books
“Issai”, “nisai”, etc.
Derived from Chinese counting: age
“Ichidai”, “nidai”, etc.
Derived from Chinese counting: mechanically operated things