Learn how to use the counter 個 (Ko)
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| Do you know how to count blocks of tofu? |
| You'll find out 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? |
| 個 |
| First, let's take a look at what sorts of objects can be counted with the counter. |
| When counting small or round objects, you can use the counter... |
| 個 |
| But what is small and what is round? |
| You could use this counter to count various objects; |
| objects as large as watermelons, or as small as a piece of candy. |
| And it doesn't have to be completely circular! You could use it to describe eggs, popcorn, or other things like that! |
| Okay, let's count from 1 to 10 with this counter. |
| 一個 |
| 二個 |
| 三個 |
| 四個 |
| 五個 |
| 六個 |
| 七個 |
| 八個 |
| 九個 |
| 十個 |
| Did you notice that there were some numbers that sounded different to how they usually sound? |
| When you read the numbers 1, 6 and 10, you should be careful. |
| For number 1, it's i-kko, not 'ichi-ko.' |
| For number 6, it's 'ro-kko' not 'roku-ko'. |
| For number 10, it's 'ju-kko' not 'juuko.' |
| Okay. Now let's take a look at some sample sentences that use this counter. |
| 私はケーキを10個買いました。 |
| “I bought 10 cakes.” |
| 1個のスイカを8個に切りました。 |
| “I cut a watermelon into 8 pieces.” |
| トマトを3個ください。 |
| “Can I have 3 tomatoes, please?” |
| Now it's time for a quiz. I'm going to ask you a question in English. Please answer in Japanese. Are you ready? Be sure to use the right counter. |
| How many apples are there? |
| リンゴが7個あります。 |
| How would you ask for 6 doughnuts? |
| ドーナッツを6個ください。 |
| Do you know how to count blocks of tofu? The answer is... |
| 1丁 |
| This is the counter to use for tofu. |
| Your mother may ask you like this: とうふを2丁、買ってきて。 |
| It literally means "Buy 2 tofu and come back." |
| Okay, everyone. That's it for this lesson. |
| I'll see you next time! |
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