Learn how to use the counter 切れ (kire)
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| Do you know how to count youkan? 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? |
| 切れ (kire) |
| First, let's take a look at what sorts of objects can be counted with the counter. |
| When you count a piece of meat, you can use the counter 切れ (kire). |
| You can use this counter to count slices, fillets, and pieces of meat, fish, bread, |
| cake, and so on. |
| The kanji for this counter means "cut", so it literally means the number of cuts. |
| Okay, let's count numbers 1 to 10 with this counter. |
| 一切れ |
| 二切れ |
| 三切れ |
| 四切れ |
| 五切れ |
| 六切れ |
| 七切れ |
| 八切れ |
| 九切れ |
| 十切れ |
| Did you notice that there were some numbers that sounded different from the usual numbers? |
| Counting 1, 2 and 3 takes a special form. |
| And when you read the number 6 and 10, you should be careful. |
| For number 1, it's 'hito-kire', not 'ichi-kire' |
| For number 2, it's 'futa-kire', not 'ni-kire' |
| For number 3, people read it as 'san-kire' these days, but it can also be read as 'mi-kire' |
| For number 6, it's 'ro-kire', not 'roku-kire.' |
| For number 10, it's 'ju-kkire', not 'juu-kire' |
| Okay. Now let's take a look at some sample sentences that use this counter. |
| マグロを四切れ買いました。 |
| "I bought 4 fillets of tuna." |
| この肉は、一切れいくらですか？ |
| "How much is 1 fillet of this meat?" |
| アップルパイを二切れ食べました。 |
| "I ate 2 slices of apple pie." |
| 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 to use the right counter. |
| How many fillets of fish did you buy? |
| 魚を六切れ買いました。 |
| How many pieces of cake are you going to give your |
| younger sister? |
| 妹にケーキを三切れあげます。 |
| Do you know the Japanese confectionery called yōkan? |
| This confectionery has a special counter. |
| Can you guess what it would be? The answer is... |
| 一棹 |
| This counter means 'rod'. When you count rods or bars of 'yōkan', you can use this counter. |
| For example, 羊羹を一棹ください。 |
| And it means "Can I have one whole yōkan, please?" |
| Okay, everyone. That's it for this lesson and the series. |
| I'll see you next time! |
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