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Aug 6, 2018 6 min

#48: Japanese Counters Course (Introduction)

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In Japanese the art of counting can get quite complex. Did you know there are more than 6 different ways to express numbers depending on what type of object you are counting!? Yup its quite overwhelming. This course is here to save the day! Learn to count like a Ninja and master each of the Japanese counters within this course. Are you ready? THE SIX DIFFERENT COUNTERS IN JAPANESE Dai (dah-ee) - Used to count mechanical items. Hiki (hee-kee) - Used to count animals (small or medium sized). Hon (hohn) - Used to count cylindrical items. Mai (mah-ee) - Used to count flat items Nin (neen) - Used to count people Tsu (tsoo) - Used to count various inanimate Objects

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