Counting Objects Flashcards
1
Q
ひとつ
A
1 Thing
2
Q
ふたつ
A
2 Things
3
Q
みっつ
A
3 Things
4
Q
よっつ
A
4 Things
5
Q
いつつ
A
5 Things
6
Q
むっつ
A
6 Things
7
Q
ななつ
A
7 Things
8
Q
やっつ
A
8 Things
9
Q
ここのつ
A
9 Things
10
Q
とお
A
10 Things
11
Q
いくつ
A
How many?
12
Q
りんごが あります
りんごが むっつ あります
A
There are apples
There are 6 apples
this placement is not negotiable, the number of things must come directly before the verb
13
Q
いしが やっつ ありました
A
There were 8 rocks
14
Q
りんごを いつつ たべました
A
I ate 5 apples
15
Q
ふたつ あります
A
There are 2
16
Q
いくつ ありますか
よっつ あります
A
How many are there?
There are 4
17
Q
いしが いくつ ありますか
いしが ここのつ あります
A
How many rocks are there?
There are 9 rocks
18
Q
tsu numbers
A
very useful as can be used for pretty much anything, however they only work up to 10, for anything more you need a specific counter dependant on that thing if possible, and for humans you have to use the counter specific to them
19
Q
ひとり
A
One Person
20
Q
ふたり
A
Two People
21
Q
さんにん
よにん
~にん
A
Three People
Four People
the default counter for any more people than 2
22
Q
なんにん
A
How many people?
23
Q
せんせいが ひとり いました
A
There was one teacher
24
Q
せいとが さんじゅうにん いました
A
There were thirty students
25
がっこうに せいとが よんひゃくにん いました
There were 400 students at the school
26
~まい
the counter for sheets of something (also works for CDs)
27
なんまい
How many sheets?
28
かみ
Paper
29
きって
Postal stamp
30
てがみ
letter
31
かみを いちまい ください
please give me one sheet of paper
32
~こ
counter for small, roundish objects
have to be roundish or boxy and the size of a chair or smaller
e.g. mugs, strawberries and a computer mouse all use ko
33
いっこ
ろっこ
はっこ
じゅっこ
なんこ
one
six
eight
ten
how many?
34
いすが さんこ あります
There are 3 chairs
35
ごみばこが じゅういっこ ありました
There were 11 garbage cans
36
~ほん
Counter for long cylindrical things
37
Exceptions to the hon counter:
いっぽん
さんぼん
ろっぽん
はっぽん
じゅっぽん
なんぼん
all other numbers are normal and then end in hon
1 cylindrical object
3
6
8
10
how many?
38
みちが ななほん あります
There are seven roads
39
~ひき
Counter for small-medium sized animals from mice to dogs etc. (excluding birds)
40
exceptions to hiki:
いっぴき
さんびき
ろっぴき
はっぴき
じゅっぴき
なんびき
1
3
6
8
10
how many?
41
-わ
Counter for birds
42
-とう
Counter for big animals (from horses to elephants etc.)
43
~じ
o'clock / counter for hours
44
~はん
Half Past ~ (insert hour here)
45
~ふん
Counter for minutes
46
いま
Now
47
なんじ
What Time?
48
Exceptions to telling the time:
とじ
しちじ
くじ
All other numbers of the time are as expected
4 o'clock
7 o'clock
9 o'clock
49
しちじに がっこうに いきました
i went to school at 7 o'clock
50
にじはん です
it's half past 2
51
いっぷん
にふん
さんふん
よんふん
ごふん
とっぷん
ななふん
はっぷん
きゅうふん
じゅっぷん
1 minute
2 minutes
3 minutes
4 minutes
5 minutes
6 minutes
7 minutes
8 minutes
9 minutes
10 minutes
52
よんじゅうよんふん
44 minutes
53
さんじ にじゅうきゅうふん
3:29 (or 3 hours and 29 minutes)
54
いま なんじ ですか
what time is it?
55
ごぜん
a.m. (note a.m. comes before the time in japanese, not after)
56
ごご
p.m. (note p.m. comes before the time in japanese, not after)
57
から
from (in context of time)
58
まで
until
59
ごご さんじ にじゅうきゅうふん
3:29pm
60
ごぜん はちじ はん から ごご ごじ よんじゅっぷん まで
from half past 8 a.m. till 5.40 p.m.
61
ついたち
ふつか
みっか
よっか
いつか
むいか
なのか
ようか
ここのか
とおか
じゅうよっか
はつか
にじゅうよっか
~にち
なんにち
first of the month
second of the month
third
fourth
fifth
sixth
seventh
eighth
ninth
tenth
fourteenth
twentieth
twentyfourth
counter for all other days of the month
what day of the month?
62
いちがつ ついたち
The first of January
63
なんにち ですか
what day of the month is it?
64
なんがつ なんにち ですか
What is the month and date?
65
~ねん
counter for years
has no exceptions
66
なんねん
what year?
67
せんきゅうひゃくきゅうじゅうきゅうねん
The year 1999
68
にせんねん
The year 2000
69
せん きゅうひゃく ななjゆう よねん にがつ みっか
February 3rd 1974 - note the correct order for dates in Japanese is YYYY/MM/DD
70
~さい
counter for age
71
いっさい
1 year old
72
はっさい
8 years old
73
じゅっさい
10 years old
74
はたち
20 years old
75
なんさい
how many years old?
76
おいくつ
how many years old (polite)
77
あなたは なんさい ですか
how old are you?
78
にじゅういっさい です
i'm 21
79
~えん
~さつ
~だま
いくら
counter for yen
bill
coin
how much money / cost?
80
いくら ですか
how much is it?
81
これを みて
please do look at this
the te form of something plus kudasai means "please do this thing" kudasai can be left off or changed to ne to be more informal and friendly
82
ええ と
stalling phrase much like um in english
83
なんに しますか
what will you go with?
84
ちちに
when buying a gift for someone it is said like you are buying it to them
Buying something for your dad
85
さんぼん かいましょう
lets buy three bottles
can also mean: i think ill buy 3 bottles
kaimashou is used to indicate a decision is being made on the spot
86
かいましょうかね
a decision is being made on the spot but an answer hasn't been reached yet
