Essential Counters
Vocabulary
Key Examples
Japanese
EX1: おにぎりを三個買いました
EX2: 家族は三人います
EX3: 私は23歳です
EX4: チケットを一枚下さい
Romaji
onigiri o san ko kaimashita?
kazoku wa san nin imasu
watashi wa nijuusan sai desu
chiketto o ichi mai kudasai
English
How bought three rice balls
There are three people in my family
I am 23 years old
Please give me one ticket
Recordings (Japanese)
EX1
EX2
EX3
EX4
EX1
Japanese
おにぎりを三個買いました
Romaji
onigiri o san ko kaimashita?
English
I bought three rice balls
EX2
Japanese
家族は三人います
Romaji
kazoku wa san nin imasu
English
There are three people in my family
EX3
Japanese
私は23歳です
Romaji
watashi wa nijuusan sai desu
English
I am 23 years old
EX4
Japanese
チケットを一枚下さい
Romaji
chiketto o ichi mai kudasai
English
Please give me one ticket
Conversation Practice
A: あなたはおいくつですか？
(anata wa oikutsu desu ka?)
[How old are you?]
B: 三十歳です
(sanjuu sai desu)
[I am 30 years old]
A2: あなたは何歳ですか？
(anata wa nan sai desu ka?)
[How old are you?]
B2: 二十歳です
(hatachi desu)
[I am 20 years old]
A3: あなたの家族は何人いますか？
(kazoku wa nan nin imasu ka?)
[How many people are there in your family?]
B3-1: 三人います
(san nin imasu)
[There are three people]
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