Lesson 5

Vocabulary

hagaki: postcard
kitte: stamp
t-shatsu: T-shirt
akai: red
aoi: blue
kuroi: black
shiroi: white
biiru: beer
ringo: apple
mikan: tangerine
kiro: kilogram
wain: wine
koohii-kappu: coffee cup
koohii: coffee
kappu: cup
taoru: towel
shuukuriimu: cream puff
ookii: big
chiisai: small
suisu: switserland
kuruma: car
Itaria: italy
doko: where
Kankoku: South Korea

Here is an example for buying a towel.

Sakura: Sumimasen. Ano taoru wa ikura desu ka.
mise no hito: Dore desu ka.
Sakura: Ano shiroi taoru desu.
mise no hito: Are wa 1,800-en desu.
Sakura: Sono aoi taoru wa ikura desu ka.
mise no hito: 1,600- en desu.
Sakura: Ja, sore o 2-mai kudasai.

Sakura: Excuse me. How much is that towel over there?
mise no hito: Which one?
Sakura: That white towel.
mise no hito: That's 1,800 yen.
Sakura: How much is that blue towel?
mise no hito: It's 1,600 yen.
Sakura: Well then, give me two of those.

Ano: that over there(used before a noun)
Taoru: towel
dore: which one
sono: that(used before a noun)
2-mai: two towels( mai is a counter for flat objects.)

-Mai is a unit for counting thin, flat objects like towels, shirts and pieces of paper. Japanese has two numerical systams: the hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu system ( for round objects like balls, apples etc.)and the abstract ichi, ni, san system. counting things can be done in 2 ways: 1 using the hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu system independently, or 2 using the ichi, ni, san system combinede with a counter such as -mai or -hon(-bon,-pon), the latter for long, slender objects like pencils and bottles.
ex. Mikan o mittsu kudasai. "Please give me three tangerines."
Here is the list for Japanese numbers and counters
... for flat objects -- long slender objects -- round objects
1--ichi-mai --------------ippon -----------------hitotsu
2--ni-mai----------------ni-hon-----------------futatsu
3--san-mai--------------sam-bon--------------mittsu
4--yon-mai--------------yon-hon--------------yottsu
5--go-mai---------------go-hon----------------itsutsu
6--roku-mai-------------roppon----------------muttsu
7--nana-mai------------nana-hon--------------nanatsu
8--hachi-mai------------happon----------------yattsu
9--kyuu-mai------------kyuu-hon--------------kokonotsu
10-juu-mai--------------juppon-----------------too
11-juuichi-mai----------juuippon---------------juuichi
12-juuni-mai------------juuni-hon--------------juuni

Thats all for lesson 5. Good luck with memorizing them.

Thanks Nodame!! I've already memorized them all XD

well that was quick akailili you already knew them didnt you. do let me know if you spot a mistake or a typo