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ăżăăȘă ăăă«ăĄăŻ ăžăŁăăăŒăș ă©ă€ă ăă€ăȘăŒ ăăăăăŁăčă ăź æé ă§ă
Hello everyone, welcome to the Japanese Life Daily Podcast.
ăăź ăăăăăŁăčă ăŻ æ„æŹ ăź æŻæ„ ă ç°Ąć ăȘ æ„æŹèȘ ă§ è©±ă㊠ăă ăăăăăŁăčă ă§ăă
This podcast is a podcast where I talk about daily life in Japan in simple Japanese.
ăăź ăăăăăŁăčă ăź ăăčă ăăă ă§ăă
I'm Takashi, the host of this podcast.
ăȘăłă©ă€ăł ă§ æ„æŹèȘ ă æă ăăă ăăăăăŁăčă ăăă ăăŠăŸăă
I teach Japanese online and do podcasts.
ä»ă ăŠăăă«ăžăŁăăł ăŁăŠăă æ„æŹèȘ ă ććŒ· ăă äșș ăź ăłăă„ăă㣠ă äœăŁăŠ ăŸăă
Now, I am creating a community for people who study Japanese called Unimarujapan.
èćł ă ăă äșș 㯠ăłăĄăłă ă㊠ăă ăăă
If you are interested, please leave a comment.
仿„ ăŻ æ„æŹ ăź æ°ăæč 㯠éŁăă ăŁăŠăă ăăăăŻ ă§ è©±ăăŸăă
Today, I'm going to talk about the topic, "Japanese counting is difficult."
æ„æŹ ăź æ°ăæč ăŁăŠ æŹćœă« éŁăă ă§ă ăăă
Japanese counting is really difficult, isn't it?
è±èȘ 㯠ăŸă 1 2 3 1ă ăăŒăčăȘăŒ ăżăăăȘ æă ă§ æ°ăăŸă ăă
In English, well, you count like 1, 2, 3, one, two, three.
æ„æŹ ăŻ æ°ć 1 2 3 4 5 ă§ ăăăŸăă
In Japan, we have the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
ă§ă ă ăź ă æ°ăă ăšă 㯠çčć„ăȘ æ°ăæč ă ăă ă ă§ă ăă
But when you count objects, there are special ways of counting, aren't there?
ăăă
Yeah.
äŸăă° äșș ă æ°ăă ăšă 㯠1äșș 2äșșă 3äșș ăŁăŠ æ°ăăŸăă
For example, when you count people, you count them as hitori, futari, sannin.
1 2 3 ă 性äžć€« ă§ăă
One, two, three is also fine.
ă§ă 1äșș 2äșșă 3äșș ă ăă äœżă ăŸăă
But we often use hitori, futari, sannin.
ä» ă« ăŻ çŽ ă æ°ăă ăšăă çŽ ăŻ 1æ 2æă 3æ ă äœżă ăŸăă
Other times, when counting paper, we use ichimai, nimai, sanmai for paper.
æ ă äœżăŁăŠ æ°ăăŸăă
We count using "mai".
éŁăă ă§ă ăăă
It's difficult, isn't it?
ăăŁă 㯠1äșș 2äșș ă ăă©ă
Just now it was hitori, futari, though.
çŽ ă æ°ăă ăšă 㯠1æ 2æ ă äœżă ă ă§ă ăă
When you count paper, you use ichimai, nimai, don't you?
ăăă ăŻă€ăș ă§ăă
Now, here is a quiz.
æŹ ă æ°ăă ăšă 㯠ă©ăăăŁăŠ æ°ăăŸă ăă ăăăăŸă ă ïŒ
Do you know how to count when you count books?
æŹ ă æ°ăă ăšă ăŻă 1ć 2ć 3ć ă§ æ°ăăŸăă
When counting books, we count them as issatsu, nisatsu, sansatsu.
éŁăă ă§ă ăăă
It's difficult, isn't it?
æŹ ăŻ ć ă äœżă ăŸăă
We use "satsu" for books.
ä» ă« ăŻ äŸăă° éŁČăżç© ă æ°ăă ăšă 㯠ă©ăăăŁăŠ æ°ăăŸă ă ăăăăŸă ă
Other times, for example, do you know how to count when you count drinks?
éŁČăżç© ăŻ äžæŻ 2æŻ 3æŻ ăŁăŠ æ°ăă ă ă§ă ăă
We count drinks as ippai, nihai, sanhai, don't we?
ăă ăĄăăŁăŻă㣠éŁăă ă§ă ăăă
This is super difficult, isn't it?
1 ăź ăšă 㯠1æŻ 2 ăź ăšă 㯠2æŻ 3 ăź ăšă 㯠3ć ă äœżă ăŸăă
When it's 1, we use ippai; when it's 2, nihai; and when it's 3, sanhai.
ă ăă ă ăšă ă° ă äœżă ă ă§ă ăă
So we use "pa" or "ba", don't we?
ăă ăă 㯠æŹćœă« éŁăă ăš æăăŸăă
Yeah, I think this is really difficult.
ă§ă éąçœă ăăš ă ăăăŸăă
But there are also interesting things.
ăăŁă äșș ă æ°ăă ăšă 㯠1äșș 2äșșă 3äșș ă§ă ăăă
Just now, when counting people, it was hitori, futari, sannin, right?
ă§ă ăŹăčăă©ăł ăź äșș ăšă ăćș ăź äșș ă äșș ă æ°ăă ăšă ăŻă 1ćă 2ćă 3ć ăŁăŠ æ°ăă ă ă§ăă
But when restaurant workers or shop staff count people, they count them as ichimei, nimei, sanmei.
äșș ă æ°ăă ăă©ă 1äșș ăšă 1ć éă ă ă§ă ăă
Even though they are counting people, hitori and ichimei are different, aren't they?
ăă 㯠ăćș ăź äșș ă äžćݧăȘ èšè ă§ æ°ăă ăšă 㯠1ć 2ć 3ć ă äœżă ă ă§ăă
This is because shop staff use ichimei, nimei, sanmei when counting in polite language.
ă ăă æ°ăæč ă éă ăź ăŻă æ„æŹ ăź æć ăšă æ„æŹ ăź æŽćČ ă ăă ă ă§ă ăă
So, the reason why the ways of counting are different is that there is Japanese culture or Japanese history behind it, isn't there?
ăă㊠äœăă§ ăă ć Žæ ă«ăăŁăŠ æ°ăæč ă éă ăăš ă ăăăŸăă
And depending on the place you live, the way of counting can also be different sometimes.
ă ăă ććŒ· ăăăš éąçœă ăš æăăŸăă
So, I think it's interesting when you study it.
èćł ă ăă äșș 㯠ăăČ ăłăĄăłă ă㊠ăă ăăă
If you are interested, please be sure to leave a comment.
仿„ ăŻ æ„æŹ ăź æ°ăæč 㯠éŁăă ăŁăŠăă ăăăăŻ ă§ è©±ăăŸăăă
Today, I talked about the topic, "Japanese counting is difficult."
仿„ ă èă㊠ă㊠ăăăăšăăăăăŸăă
Thank you for listening today too.
ăžăŁăăăŒăș ă©ă€ă ăă€ăȘăŒ ăăăăăŁăčă ăź ăă©ăăŒ ăéĄăăăŸăă
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ăăź ăăăăăŁăčă ă ć„œă ă ăŁăă æ ă ă€ă㊠ăă ăăă
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仿„ 㯠ăă ă§ ç”ăă ă§ăă
That's all for today.
ăŸă ăăŒ ăă€ăăŒă€ă
See you, bye-bye.