Learn how to use the counter 杯 (Hai)
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| Do you know how to count sets of cups and saucers? |
| 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? |
| 杯 |
| First, let's take a look at what sorts of objects can be counted with the counter. |
| When you count drinks, you can use the counter... |
| 杯 |
| You can use this counter for "a glass of" something and also "a cup of" something. |
| In Japanese, it doesn't matter if the drink is in a glass or a mug. |
| Okay, let's count numbers 1 to 10 with this counter. |
| 一杯 |
| 二杯 |
| 三杯 |
| 四杯 |
| 五杯 |
| 六杯 |
| 七杯 |
| 八杯 |
| 九杯 |
| 十杯 |
| Did you notice that there were some numbers that sounded different to how they usually sound? |
| As usual, there were some numbers of which you should be careful, and those are the numbers 1, 3 and 10. |
| For number 1, it's i-ppai, not 'ichi-hai.' |
| For number 10, it's 'ju-ppai' not 'juu-hai.' |
| For number 3, it's 'san-bai' not 'san-hai'. |
| Only this number three takes 'bai'. |
| Okay. Now let's take a look at some sample sentences that use this counter. |
| 毎朝、コーヒーを二杯飲みます。 |
| “I drink 2 cups of coffee every morning.” |
| ビールを三杯、飲みました。 |
| “I had 3 glasses of beer." |
| 毎日、野菜ジュースを一杯、飲んでください。 |
| "Please drink 1 glass of vegetable juice every day.” |
| 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 glasses of juice did you drink? |
| ジュースを四杯飲みました。 |
| How many cups of tea do you drink every day? |
| 毎日、紅茶を六杯飲みます。 |
| Do you know how to count a set of cups and saucers? |
| The answer is... |
| 一客 |
| You can use this counter to count sets of cups and saucers, when cups don't have a drink in them. |
| For example, ティーカップを二客、買いました。 |
| And that means "I bought two sets of teacups and saucers." |
| Okay, everyone. That's it for this lesson. |
| I'll see you next time! |
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