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Counting
Counting animals, non-specific things, cups/bowls, and flat things
Question | Answer |
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One Thing. | ひとつ |
Two Things | ふたつ |
Three Things | みっつ |
Four Things | よっつ |
Five Things | いつつ |
Six Things | むっつ |
Seven Things | ななつ |
Eight Things | やっつ |
Nine Things | ここのつ |
Ten Things (exception) | とお |
Animals of Cups/Bowls | Mnemonic for Suffix: Polly Heart Bought Her Hat PHPHP |
One Animal or One cup/bowl | いっぱい |
Two Animals or Two cups/bowls | にはい |
Three Animals or Three cups/bowls | さんばい |
Four Animals or Four cups/bowls | よんはい |
Five Animals or One cups/bowls | ごはい |
Six Animals or Six cups/bowls | ろっぱい |
Seven Animals or Seven cups/bowls | ななはい |
Eight Animals or Eight cups/bowls | はっぱい |
Nine Animals or Nine cups/bowls | きゅうはい |
Ten Animals or Ten cups/bowls | じゅっぱい |
Flat Things just use the suffix まい | No exceptions to the rule |
One flat thing | いちまい |
Two flat things | にまい |
Three flat things | さんまい |
Four flat things | よんまい |
Five flat things | ごまい |
Six flat things | ろくまい |
Seven flat things | ななまい |
Eight flat things | はちまい |
Nine flat things | きゅうまい |
Ten flat things | じゅうまい |