We’re going to learn how to count today!<\/p>\n
Here’s a run through of the numbers 0 -10:<\/p>\n
0 – ree (\u308c\u3044<\/strong>) or zero (\u30bc\u30ed<\/strong>)<\/p>\n 1 – ichi (\u3044\u3061<\/strong>)<\/p>\n 2 – ni (\u306b<\/strong>)<\/p>\n 3 – san (\u3055\u3093<\/strong>)<\/p>\n 4 – yon (\u3088\u3093<\/strong>) or shi (\u3057<\/strong>) or yo (\u3088<\/strong>)<\/p>\n 5 – go (\u3054<\/strong>)<\/p>\n 6 – roku (\u308d\u304f<\/strong>)<\/p>\n 7 – nana (\u306a\u306a<\/strong>) or shichi (\u3057\u3061<\/strong>)<\/p>\n 8 – hachi (\u306f\u3061<\/strong>)<\/p>\n 9 – kyuu (\u304d\u3085\u3046<\/strong>) or ku (\u304f<\/strong>)<\/p>\n 10 – juu (\u3058\u3085\u3046<\/strong>)<\/p>\n That was the easy part.\u00a0 Here’s the part where you have to think a little.\u00a0 For numbers 11-29, you’ll have to know how to do a little math.\u00a0 To create the number 11, add the number 10 (\u3058\u3085\u3046<\/strong>) and 1 (\u3044\u3061<\/strong>), which becomes juuichi (\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3044\u3061)<\/strong>.\u00a0 The same goes for 12.\u00a0 Add 10 (\u3058\u3085\u3046<\/strong>) and 2 (\u306b<\/strong>), which becomes juuni (\u3058\u3085\u3046\u306b<\/strong>).\u00a0 With number 17, you have some leeway.\u00a0 You can use both juushichi (\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3061<\/strong>) and juunana (\u3058\u3085\u3046\u306a\u306a<\/strong>).\u00a0 The same goes for 19.\u00a0<\/p>\n Now with 14, you have only two options, not three.\u00a0 Even though you have three different ways to say 4 (\u3088\u3093<\/strong>) (\u3088<\/strong>) (\u3057<\/strong>) in Japanese, only juuyon (\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3088\u3093<\/strong>) and juushi (\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3057<\/strong>) will work.\u00a0 Another thing to note is that 0 can be written in hiragana (\u3072\u3089\u304c\u306a<\/strong>) and katakana (\u304b\u305f\u304b\u306a<\/strong>).\u00a0 Zero (\u30bc\u30ed<\/strong>) is in katakana (\u304b\u305f\u304b\u306a<\/strong>) because it’s a loan word from English.\u00a0 Loan words are always written in katakana (\u304b\u305f\u304b\u306a<\/strong>).<\/p>\n Stay tuned! Next up, we’ll have more numbers to learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We’re going to learn how to count today! Here’s a run through of the numbers 0 -10: 0 – ree (\u308c\u3044) or zero (\u30bc\u30ed) 1 – ichi (\u3044\u3061) 2 – ni (\u306b) 3 – san (\u3055\u3093) 4 – yon (\u3088\u3093) or shi (\u3057) or yo (\u3088) 5 – go (\u3054) 6 – roku (\u308d\u304f) 7…<\/p>\n