Learn how to use the counter 冊 (Satsu)
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| Do you know how to count flowers? |
| 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? |
| 冊 |
| First, let's take a look at what sorts of objects can be counted with the counter. |
| When you count books, you can use the counter... |
| 冊 |
| You can use this counter when you count books and anything similar to books. |
| This means that things that have a cover and pages, such as photo albums and schedule books, can be counted with this counter. |
| Okay, let's count numbers 1 to 10 with this counter. |
| 一冊 |
| 二冊 |
| 三冊 |
| 四冊 |
| 五冊 |
| 六冊 |
| 七冊 |
| 八冊 |
| 九冊 |
| 十冊 |
| Did you notice that there were some numbers that sounded different to how they usually sound? |
| When you say the numbers 1, 8 and 10, you should be careful. |
| For number 1, it's 'i-ssatsu', not 'ichi-satsu' |
| For number 8, it's 'ha-ssatsu', not 'hachi-satsu' |
| For number 10, it's 'ju-ssatsu', not 'juu-satsu.' |
| Okay. Now let's take a look at some sample sentences that use this counter. |
| 机に本が十冊あります。 |
| “There are 10 books on the desk.” |
| 雑誌を三冊買います。 |
| “I'll buy 3 magazines.” |
| アルバムを二冊作りました。 |
| “I made 2 books of photos.” |
| 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 you use the right counter. |
| How many books did you read? |
| 本を五冊読みました。 |
| How many notebooks did you buy? |
| ノートを六冊買いました。 |
| Do you know how to count flowers? The answer is.. |
| 一輪 |
| This is the counter used for any flower. |
| This counter is focused on the shape of a blossomed flower without considering the long stem part. |
| If you find one tulip in a park, you can say, チューリップが一輪咲いている。 |
| And it means "there is one open tulip." |
| Okay, everyone. That's it for this lesson. |
| I'll see you next time! |
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