Quantities

[Fedgrub]

Ok guys, so I just got back from a trip to Japan and its amazing how quickly your knowledge can be concreted when using it in real situations.

However there was this one moment, and I tried to order a pack of 4 nuggets from KFC. But, I must have ordered 4 packs of 5 nuggets so I got 20 nuggets. Lets say I was not hungry for a long time after that.

This got me thinking, how do you specify numbers? Like, how would you say "4 nuggets please"?

Any help with this would be appreciated.

[hatch_jp]

Ok guys, so I just got back from a trip to Japan and its amazing how quickly your knowledge can be concreted when using it in real situations.

However there was this one moment, and I tried to order a pack of 4 nuggets from KFC. But, I must have ordered 4 packs of 5 nuggets so I got 20 nuggets. Lets say I was not hungry for a long time after that.

This got me thinking, how do you specify numbers? Like, how would you say "4 nuggets please"?

Any help with this would be appreciated.

ナゲット を　よっつ　 ください。 ( naggeto wo yottsu kudasai )

You can change the underlined word into one of following words.
１＝ひとつ ( hitotsu) or　いっこ ( ikkko )
２＝ふたつ ( futatsu) or　にこ ( niko )
３＝みっつ ( mittsu)　or　さんこ ( sannko)
４＝よっつ ( yottsu)　or 　よんこ ( yonko)
５＝いつつ ( itsutsu)　or 　ごこ ( goko )
６＝むっつ ( muttsu)　or　ろっこ ( rokko )
７＝ななつ ( nanatsu)　or　ななこ ( naanko )
８＝やっつ ( yattsu)　or　はちこ ( hachiko )
９＝ここのつ ( kokonotsu)　or　きゅうこ ( kyuuko )

[Javizy]

That works for nuggets, but unfortunately there are somewhere in the region of 100+ counters for various types of objects and living things. I'd really like to learn them all myself, but I haven't been able to find a book or anything that focuses on them; the best I have is an appendix in my dictionary Maybe I could add them to Anki and see how that works out...

[Fedgrub]

Thanks for the help with that. Its a shame to hear there are so many counters, I thought it may have been more straight forward haha