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| 1. Saying numbers |
1) Usage
Quantifiers(numbers with counter suffixes) are usually put before the verbs they modify. However, this is not always the case with length of time.
| ① | りんごを よっつ かいました。 | I bought four apples. |
| ② | りゅうがくせいが ふたり います。 | There are two foreign students. |
| ③ | くにで にかげつ にほんごを べんきょうしました。 |
I studied Japanese for two months in my country. |
2) Interrogatives
a) いくつ is used to ask how many about things which are counted as ひとつ, ふたつ, …….
| ④ | みかんを いくつ かいましたか。 | How many mandarin oranges did you buy? |
| …やっつ かいました。 | …I bought eight. |
b) なん is used with a counter suffix to ask how many.
| ⑤ | このだいがくに りゅうがくせいが なんにん いますか。 How many foreign students are there at this university? |
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…ひゃくごじゅうにん います。 |
…There are 150. |
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| ⑥ | まいばん なんじかん にほんごを べんきょうしますか。 How many hours do you study Japanese every night? |
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…にじかん べんきょうします。 |
…I study for two hours. |
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c) どのくらい is used to ask the length of time something takes or has taken. You can use various units of time in the answer.
| ⑦ | どのくらい にほんごを べんきょうしましたか。 How long did you study Japanese? |
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…さんねん べんきょうしました。 |
…I studied it for three years. |
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| ⑧ | きょうとから とうきょうまで どのくらい かかりますか。 How long does it take from Kyoto to Tokyo? |
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…しんかんせんで にじかんはん かかります。 …It takes two and a half hours by Shinkansen. |
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3) ぐらい
ぐらい is added after quantifiers to mean“about.”
| ⑨ | がっこうに せんせいが さんじゅうにんぐらい います。 There are about thirty teachers in the school. |
| ⑩ | 15ふんぐらい かかります。 It takes about fifteen minutes. |
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