Lesson 11 Grammar

Question 1

What are counters?

Answer 1

Counters = small words placed at the end of a number for counting specific things.

There are lots of counters, just learn them as you would vocab.

Question 2

How to use Quantifiers (hint, I mean numbers connect to counters)

Answer 2

Noun + Number
- This structure is used with pretty much anything, EXCEPT length of time which can vary.

Question 3

How to ask “how many of” something

Answer 3

Noun + いくつ + verb

Question 4

教科書がいくつありますか。

Answer 4

How many textbooks do you have?

Question 5

How to ask “how many of” something WHEN you want to attach a counter and ask specifically.

Answer 5

何 + counter

Question 6

マイロさんは何冊本がありますか。

Answer 6

How many books does Milo have?

Question 7

How to ask the length of time/ how much of X something takes.

Answer 7

どのくらい

Question 8

日本語のクラスはどのくらいかかりますか。

Answer 8

How long does Japanese language class take?

Question 8

What word is added after a quantifier to mean “about”.

Answer 8

ぐらい

Question 9

SOAS大学は日本語の先生が十人ぐらいいます。

Answer 9

There are about ten Japanese language teachers as SOAS university.

Question 10

What expression is used to indicate frequency?

Answer 10

Time period に ～回 verb

Question 11

毎週に、大学にご回行きます。

Answer 11

Every week I go to university five times.

Question 12

What word can be added after quantifiers/ nouns to mean there is “only/just” this amount.

Answer 12

だけ

Question 13

自分で六か月だけ勉強しました。

Answer 13

I studied by myself for only six months.