Days of the Month Posted by Ginny on Jun 22, 2009 in Grammar
Day 1 : ついたち (tsuitachi)
Day 2 : ふつか (futsuka)
Day 3 : みっか (mikka)
Day 4 : よっか (yokka)
Day 5 : いつか (itsuka)
Day 6 : むいか (muika)
Day 7 : なのか (nanoka)
Day 8 : ようか (yooka)
Day 9 : ここのか (kokonoka)
Day 10 : とおか (tooka)
Day 11 : じゅういちにち (juuichinichi)
Day 12 : じゅうににち (juuninichi)
Day 13 : じゅうさんにち (juusannichi)
Day 14 : じゅうよっか (juuyokka)
Day 15 : じゅうごにち (juungonichi)
Couple of points: Days 1-10 are different from 11-13 in terms of the ending. Days 11-13 end in “nichi.” Day 14 breaks this cycle and day 15 ends in nichi.
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Comments:
Anon:
Thanks! I have a 日本語 exam tommorow and that was really helpfull!
Daisy:
Do you have any mnemonics (ways of remembering) the days of the month. Usually I have ways of remembering, like ‘you eat off a TABLE for たべます, but I can’t find any way to remember the days of the month. If you could help that would be awesome xx
Pazu:
Well, you have to memorize the native japanese numbers first, then it’s a piece of cake. However, if I know correctly the 1st day of the month comes from the combination of 2 words: 月-つき(moon) and 立つ-たつ(stand, rise), because the moon stands on it’s highest place this day.