Counting.
《General》
They are used to count things in general if you don't remember or don't know the words for counting a particular thing.
Example: Fruits, keys, vegetables, etc.
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One.
•ｈｉｔｏｔｓｕ•
•ひとつ•
•一つ •
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Two.
•ｆｕｔａｔｓｕ•
•ふたつ•
•二つ•
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Three.
•ｍｉｔｔｓｕ•
•みっつ•
•三つ•
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Four.
•ｙｏｔｔｓｕ•
•よっつ•
•四つ•
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Five.
•ｉｔｓｕｔｓｕ•
•いつつ•
•五つ•
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Six.
•ｍｕｔｔｓｕ•
•むっつ•
•六つ•
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Seven.
•ｎａｎａｔｓｕ•
•ななつ•
•七つ•
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Eight.
•ｙａｔｔｓｕ•
•やっつ•
•八つ•
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Nine.
•ｋｏｋｏｎｏｔｓｕ•
•ここのつ•
•九つ•
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Ten.
•ｔｏｏ•
•とお•
•十 •
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Question?
How many?
• ｉｋｕｔｓｕ •
•いくつ •
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Note:
All of the numbers end with an TSU, except 10.
Just remember all end in a tsu. Except 10.
Sentence :
~ りんご を いくつ かいました か。
~ 七つ かいました。
How many apples did you buy?
I bought 7.
I'll break down the Question.
りんご (Apples)
を(Object particle)
いくつ(interrogative tag for counting)
かい (Buy)
ました (Past tense form)
か。(Question tag)
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