Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Now you really feel like you’ve become a part of Japan. The father of your Japanese friend owns a store that sells artificial silk flowers and he has asked you to help her take inventory at his store. “What are we going to do?” you ask her on the way. “We’re going to count each separate inventory item in the store,” she explains in Japanese. Then we will give the information to my father who will match the information with that in the computer. If the numbers match, fine; if not, we have to recount to make sure we have an exact count of each inventory item.” “So this is an important part of business in Japan?” you ask. She replies in Japanese, “It’s an important part of business everywhere. My father’s silk flowers come from all over Japan, and some are very expensive. We must know the inventory.” Well, they must trust your ability to count in Japanese if they’re going to trust you with something as important as inventory. Arriving at the store, you are suddenly overwhelmed. You tell your friend in Japanese, “You did not tell me your father’s flower store was this HUGE!” Hesitant, your friend shyly replies in Japanese, “Well, you will get plenty of practice counting in Japanese. And once we’re finished with the inventory, my father will take us out for a big, wonderful, Japanese dinner with lots of food and sake.”
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16 Responses to “Basic Japanese #11 - Numbers 20-100”
Friday at 6:30 pm
Hi everyone!
After this lesson,you’ll be able to count all the way to 100
Ganbatte kudasai!!
Saturday at 12:10 am
Cool!
Thanks!
Saturday at 12:13 am
Good video, it doesn’t get easier than this.
ありがとう
Saturday at 12:46 am
I love Hiroko’s videos; they are easy to follow and useful! ありがとう!
Saturday at 1:09 am
I really like Hiroko’s videos too. Domo Arigatto Gozaimasu.
Saturday at 8:55 am
ひろこ先生のびでおをすきです。(I hope that was correct XD)
Monday at 8:34 pm
Great video, it was very easy and clear to understand. I can’t wait for the next one.
Tuesday at 5:20 pm
Mina-san,
Thank you for your nice comments! We are glad that you like this video lesson!
Friday at 1:25 pm
Also, If you add -Sai to the end of a number (besides 20) you can make it your age.
watashi wa juuhachi sai desu. = I am eighteen year old.
Friday at 11:47 pm
THE VIDEO DOESN’T WORK WHAT DO I DO PLEASE HELP ME
Tuesday at 6:38 am
I need help.. This is with all the videos and it should’ve been in the mistake avoid video.
I know that not you pronounce R in japan romaji as an R as we see in English, but when I hear it on the Hiroko video it seems to sound as a D rather than the well known L
Here is my idea of it.. I think it is a hybrid of R, L and D with mostly D.. Like an extremely weak D, but it seems to be pronounced as a straight D on the videos. The internet confuses me. what is it?
Wednesday at 11:51 am
Hi Felfire90,
“Here is my idea of it.. I think it is a hybrid of R, L and D with mostly D.. Like an extremely weak D, but it seems to be pronounced as a straight D on the videos.”
Great point! Yes “D” sounds and “L/R” sound in Japanese sounds really close.
Pronunciations are made by “tongue position” and “exhale strength”
D and L/R, most person’s tongue would touch the same spot in your mouth. I think it will be your gum really close to your front teeth.
The difference is just “strength” of exhaling. But it’s really tiny difference.
That’s why you really can’t tell D and L/R sounds.
Wednesday at 9:12 am
Tuesday at 9:13 pm
sorry………but what does “ganbatte kudasai” means sensei???? does it mean good luck………..??? 私に答えを記入してください ( i hope i haven’t written that wrong)
Wednesday at 8:04 am
Yayz, tell me if this is right
がんばて ください。
Wednesday at 2:07 pm
Widget-san,
がんばってください is the phrase for cheering up someone to do something.
For example, you study Japanese really hard, and I can say がんばってください.
Raito-san,
おしい! Almost correct!
You need small つ, like がんばって
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