【Japanese Counter #2】 People (なんにん)
We have already learned ‘Generic Counter’ in our last lesson.
【Japanese Counter #1】 Generic (いくつ)
And in this lesson, we will be learning counters for people in Japanese!
1. ひとり(一人:hitori)
NG : いちにん(ichi nin)
2. ふたり(二人:hutari)
NG : ににん(ni nin)
3. さんにん(三人:san nin)
4. よにん(四人:yo nin)
NG : よんにん(yon nin)、しにん(shi nin)
し (shi) ‘s pronunciation also have 死 (shi : death) meaning.
しにん (shi nin) means death people.
5. ごにん(五人:go nin)
6. ろくにん(六人:roku nin)
7. ななにん(七人:nana nin)
OK : しちにん(shichi nin)
しち (shichi) ‘s pronunciation is similer to 1 (ichi), so なな (nana) is used more to avoid confusion.
8. はちにん(八人:hachi nin)
9. きゅうにん(九人:kyu- nin)
OK : くにん(ku nin)
10. じゅうにん(十人:jyu- nin)
To count more than 10 people, don’t use ‘ひとり(hitori)’ and ‘ふたり(hutari)’
11. じゅういちにん(十一人:jyu- ichi nin)
NG! じゅうひとり(jyu- hitori)
12. じゅうににん(十二人:jyu- ni nin)
NG! じゅうふたり(jyu- hutari)
We have already learned ‘Generic Counter’ in our last lesson.
【Japanese Counter #1】 Generic (いくつ)
And in this lesson, we will be learning counters for people in Japanese!
1. ひとり(一人:hitori)
NG : いちにん(ichi nin)
2. ふたり(二人:hutari)
NG : ににん(ni nin)
3. さんにん(三人:san nin)
4. よにん(四人:yo nin)
NG : よんにん(yon nin)、しにん(shi nin)
し (shi) ‘s pronunciation also have 死 (shi : death) meaning.
しにん (shi nin) means death people.
5. ごにん(五人:go nin)
6. ろくにん(六人:roku nin)
7. ななにん(七人:nana nin)
OK : しちにん(shichi nin)
しち (shichi) ‘s pronunciation is similer to 1 (ichi), so なな (nana) is used more to avoid confusion.
8. はちにん(八人:hachi nin)
9. きゅうにん(九人:kyu- nin)
OK : くにん(ku nin)
10. じゅうにん(十人:jyu- nin)
To count more than 10 people, don’t use ‘ひとり(hitori)’ and ‘ふたり(hutari)’
11. じゅういちにん(十一人:jyu- ichi nin)
NG! じゅうひとり(jyu- hitori)
12. じゅうににん(十二人:jyu- ni nin)
NG! じゅうふたり(jyu- hutari)
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