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Learn how to use the counter 冊 (Satsu)
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Do you know how to count flowers? |
I'll tell you the answer at the end of this lesson! |
Hi everybody! I'm Alisha. |
こんにちは、 Yamamori です。 |
Welcome to Japanese Counters for Beginners, where you'll learn how to count all sorts of different objects in Japanese! |
Yamamori-sensei, what counter will we learn in this lesson? |
冊 |
First, let's take a look at what sorts of objects can be counted with the counter. |
When you count books, you can use the counter... |
冊 |
You can use this counter when you count books and anything similar to books. |
This means that things that have a cover and pages, such as photo albums and schedule books, can be counted with this counter. |
Okay, let's count numbers 1 to 10 with this counter. |
一冊 |
二冊 |
三冊 |
四冊 |
五冊 |
六冊 |
七冊 |
八冊 |
九冊 |
十冊 |
Did you notice that there were some numbers that sounded different to how they usually sound? |
When you say the numbers 1, 8 and 10, you should be careful. |
For number 1, it's 'i-ssatsu', not 'ichi-satsu' |
For number 8, it's 'ha-ssatsu', not 'hachi-satsu' |
For number 10, it's 'ju-ssatsu', not 'juu-satsu.' |
Okay. Now let's take a look at some sample sentences that use this counter. |
机に本が十冊あります。 |
“There are 10 books on the desk.” |
雑誌を三冊買います。 |
“I'll buy 3 magazines.” |
アルバムを二冊作りました。 |
“I made 2 books of photos.” |
Now it's time for a quiz. I'm going to ask you a question in English. Answer it in Japanese. Are you ready? Make sure you use the right counter. |
How many books did you read? |
本を五冊読みました。 |
How many notebooks did you buy? |
ノートを六冊買いました。 |
Do you know how to count flowers? The answer is.. |
一輪 |
This is the counter used for any flower. |
This counter is focused on the shape of a blossomed flower without considering the long stem part. |
If you find one tulip in a park, you can say, チューリップが一輪咲いている。 |
And it means "there is one open tulip." |
Okay, everyone. That's it for this lesson. |
I'll see you next time! |
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