How do you count to 20 in japanese?

Question

Its my senior year and me,my boyfriend Jason,my best friend Dana,and my Aunt are going to Japan and i am scared to dath!!i was want to know how to count to 20 in Japanese?If you know any basic Japanese i would love it if you told my
PlEASE&THANK YOUS

Answer 1

1) Ichi. Pronounced "ee-chee".

2) Ni. Pronounced "knee".

3) San. Pronounced "sahn" (to rhyme with, say, a Jamaican pronunciation of "man").

4) Yon/Shi. Pronounced "yawn" and "she", respectively.

5) Go. Pronounced exactly how it's spelled.

6) Roku. Pronounced "low-koo".

7) Nana/Shichi. Pronounced "nah-nah" and "she-chee", respectively.

8) Hachi. Pronounced "ha-chee".

9) Kyuu/ku. Pronounced like the letter "Q", as if reciting it in the alphabet but stretching out the "you" ending, or "coo", respectively.

10) Juu. Pronounced "jew", once again stretching that "ooh" at the end.

As for 11-19, the construction is this: the number 10 (juu), followed by whatever number is second. So twelve would be 10 + 2, or juu-ni. The number 20 is 2 + 10, or ni-juu. And 30, for example, would be 3 + 10, or san-juu. 35, then, is san-juu-go. Once you get the hang of it, it's very easy.

This is a really awesome video with the numbers 1-20 in Japanese sung with a beat to help you learn them and get correct pronunciation:

http://genkienglish.net/genkijapan/learnjapanesenumbers.htm

But remember that Japanese counting is a little more complex than English numbering. Up above, I mentioned that some numbers have two names, and that's because some are used in one case, others in another. For example, all the months in Japanese are translated in terms of their number (i.e. January is "month one" and so on), but you can only say "shi-gatsu" for April, never "yon-gatsu", even though "yon" and "shi" both mean "four". It all very much depends.

And moreover, Japanese has many different counters. In English, no matter what we're counting, we use 1, 2, 3 . . ., unless it's ordinals, in which case it's first, second, third, etc.. But that's it. In Japanese, there's a different mode to count people, flat things, round things, etc., etc.. So, for example, if you wanted to say "I have three apples", the translation is:

Watashi wa ringo ga mittsu arimasu.
I apple three have

Even though "san" means "three", you use another counter.

I know it's confusing; just giving you a heads up. With so many people with you, you guys will be able to do just fine in Japan, I'm sure. Here are some phrases to help you out:

http://genkienglish.net/genkijapan/japanese.htm
http://genkienglish.net/genkijapan/menu.htm

Hope that helps! Ganbatte! (Good luck!)

Answer 2

The same way you would in English starting at 1 finishing at 20

Answer 3

i only know up 2 10

Number Japanese Pronounced
1 ichi - itchi
2 ni - knee
3 san - sun
4 shi - she
5 go - goh
6 roku -rook
7 shichi -sitch
8 hachi - hutch
9 ku -koo
10 ju -Joo

Answer 4

Konnichi-wa is good afternoon, actually. Arigato is thank you. As for the counting, I haven't memorized the numbers yet. Just wanted to clear up the one thing. Good luck in Japan. It's awesome there. Don't sweat it.

Answer 5

haha i have NO IDEA how to spell this...

1 achee
2 knee
3 sohn
4 che
5 go
6 ro ko
7 seiche
8hachi
9 q
10 jew

haha i was in karate back in the day. thats how we learned how to count. konichewa is thankyou. thats just about all i could help you with

Answer 6

0 zero/rei
1 ichi
2 ni
3 san
4 yon/shi
5 go
6 roku
7 nana/shichi
8 hachi
9 kyū/ku
10 jū
11 jū-ichi
12 jū-ni
13 jū-san
14 jū-yon/jū-shi
15 jū-go
16 jū-roku
17 jū-nana/jū-shichi
18 jū-hachi
19 jū-kyū/jū-ku
20 ni-jū

Answer 7

ichi
ni
san
shi
go
roku
shichi
hachi
kyu
jyu
jyu-ichi
jyu-ni
jyu-san
jyu-shi
jyu-go
jyu-roku
jyu-shichi
jyu-hachi
jyu-kyu
ni-jyu

basicly its one to ten and eleven is ten one tweny is two ten good luck. Better buy yourself a phrasebook.

Arigatou - Thank you
Sayonara - Bye Bye
Gomennasai - Sorry
Watashi (insert you name) Desu - My name is (insert you name)

Answer 8

You can check out this website.. Hope this is helpful.

http://www.shotokankarate.ca/counting%20in%20japanese.htm

Answer 9

1=ichi
2=ni
3=san
4-shi
5=go
6=roku
7=shichi or nana
8=hachi
9=kyu
10=ju
11=ju ichi
12=ju ni
13=ju san
14=ju shi or ju yon
15=ju go
16=ju roku
17=ju shichi or ju nana
18=ju hachi
19=ju kyu
20=ni ju