[✐1. Adagio][2.Andante]
[00:07]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? We practice “numbers” today!
[00:11]
First, please change the English numbers to Japanese. 
For example,
35
thirty-five (35)
→ sanjugo
(sorry for my not-good English pronunciation!)
Ready?
[00:21]
1. 5 go
2. 6 roku
3. 9 kyu
4. 8 hachi
5. 77 nanajuu nana
6. 21 nijuu ichi
7. 18 juu hachi
8. 55 gojuu go
9. 619 roppyaku juu ku (kyu)
10. 399 sanbyaku kyuujuu kyu (ku)
11. 135 hyaku sanjuu go
12. 214 nihyaku juu yon
13. 444 yonnhyaku yonjuu yon
14. 108 hyaku hachi
15. 2,021 nisen nijuu ichi
16. 1,978 sen kyuhyaku nanajuu hachi
17. 6,666 rokusen roppyaku rokujuu roku
18. 15,817 ichiman gosen happyaku juu nana
19. 46,974 yonman rokusen kyuuhyaku nanajuu yon
20. 123,456 juuniman sanzen yonhyaku gojuu roku
[03:34]
Now, please answer as follows.
For example,
How much is this?
/ 250
→ It’s 250 (nihyaku gojuu) yen.
[03:45]
1. How much is this?
/ 1,480
→ It’s 1,480 (sen yonhyaku hachi juu) yen.
2. I’ll have this, too. How much?
/ 680
→ It’s 680 (roppyaku hachijuu) yen.
3. How much are these two in total?
/ 700
→ It’s 700 (nana hyaku) yen. 
4. This one, this one and then, that one, please. How much is it in total?
/12,500
→ It’s 12,500 (ichiman nisen gohyaku) yen.
5. Well, I will buy this one. How much is it?
/ 7,850
→ it’s 7,850 (nanasen happyaku gojuu) yen. 
[04:54]
Next, we will practice “change”.  If you pay 1,000 yen, how much is the change? You always pay with one-thousand-yen bill. 
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Note: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese. I hope it also helps you to capture the pattern of the sentence structure.

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