Learning Japanese Message Board (日本語学習の伝言板) - Counting Things (hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu system)


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Name: Raymond T. Kaya
Date/Time: 2006-07-12 at 05:42:57 HST
Subject: Counting Things (hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu system)
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The hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu system only goes as far as (10), after which the ichi, ni, san system is used: jūichi, jūni, jūsan, etc.
1hitotsu
2futatsu
3mittsu
4yottsu
5itsutsu
6muttsu
7nanatsu
8yattsu
9kokonotsu
10
11jūichi
12jūni


Raymond T. Kaya
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
www.reikialoha.com/raymond
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