Nihongo o Narau - Lesson 5 Kana Version

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Lesson 5: Numbers

In this lesson, we will study Japanese numbers. Let's start with one through ten.
1 - 10 れい　or ゼロいちにさんし　or よんごろくなな　or しちはちきゅう　or くじゅう	zero one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
Note that several of the numbers have two pronunciations. Each pronunciation is used in specific situations. Sometimes either pronunciation is acceptable.
11 - 19 The numbers from 11 to 19 are formed by putting the appropriate number after ten. Thus 11 is じゅう + いち = じゅういち.
じゅういちじゅうにじゅうさんじゅうし　or じゅうよんじゅうごじゅうろくじゅうなな　or じゅうしちじゅうはちじゅうきゅう　or じゅうく	11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 - 90 The numbers from 20 to 90 are formed by putting the appropriate number before ten. Thus 20 is に + じゅう = にじゅう. Think of it like saying 'two tens.'
にじゅうさんじゅうよんじゅうごじゅうろくじゅうななじゅうはちじゅうきゅうじゅう	twenty thirty fourty (Not しじゅう) fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety (Not くじゅう)
Other numbers can be formed in ways similar to the 1-19 and 20-90 ways. For example, 21 is formed by making twenty, then adding one. 21 = に + じゅう + いち = にじゅういち. Or, 'two tens and one' is twenty one.
Examples: さんじゅうにろくじゅうななよんじゅうはちきゅうじゅうく	32 67 48 99
100 - 900 One hundred is ひゃく. The numbers from 200 to 900 are formed like the numbers from 20-90. Be careful as there are some exceptions in pronunciation.
にひゃくさんびゃくよんひゃくごひゃくろっぴゃくななひゃくはっぴゃくきゅうひゃく	200 300 * 400 500 600 * 700 800 * 900
Note the exceptions in pronunciation for the numbers with asterisks.
Larger Numbers: せんまんじゅうまんひゃくまんせんまんおく	thousand ten thousand hundred thousand million ten million hundred million

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