7/31/2023 0 Comments 50 japanese phrasesNi-juu- man (not ni-hyaku-sen, but ni-juu-man) Ten + comma + four zeros = 10,0000 ( juu-man) One hundred + comma + three zeros = 100,000 (one hundred thousand) We took the number 10,000 and moved the comma to the left one place in our minds and got 1,0000 ( ichi-man). When there are six digits, think of it just like you did above with five digits. BondLingo - YouTube Premium MemberShipĬongratulations on getting this far! Does your brain hurt yet? Keep at it, I believe in you! Notice above that we’re thinking in man now, not just thousands. Yon-man / has-sen / kyuu-hyaku / hachi-juu / enįour man / eight thousand / nine hundred / eighty / en You see a good one that’s nice and shiny and also fits your price range at 48,980 yen. Let’s go to the Louis Vuitton store this time and pick out a new wallet. This is just something you have to get used to when counting in Japanese. One + comma + four zeros = 1,0000 ( ichi– man) Ten + comma + three zeros = 10,000 (ten thousand) So, instead of thinking of 10,000 in this way… A good strategy to use when dealing with sums of over 10,000 is to move the comma one place to the left in your mind. At this point the Japanese group zeros not by threes, but by fours. Quintuple (bet you didn’t know that word, wink) digits is where it gets complicated. Three thousand / four hundred / sixty eight / yen San-zen / yon-hyaku / roku-juu-hachi / en The cashier rings up your total at the counter: One thousand / one hundred / eighty four / yen Just as you approach the register, you notice a cool pair of sunglasses for 1,184 yen that would go well with your new shirt. Two thousand / two hundred / eighty four / yen At first, you think you only want one item: a shirt that is on sale for 2,284 yen. Let’s go shopping at a clothing store now. San-zen (notice that it’s zen and not sen) With the quadruple digits, there are only 2 exceptions, 3,000 and 8,000 (shown below). Wait, wait! You also want a sandwich for 354 yen! You want a drink to go along with your chips. When you say it in Japanese, you have to break it down by each part. Let’s say you want to buy a bag of chips at a convenience store. Rop-pyaku (notice it’s pyaku for 600 and 800, not hyaku) San-byaku (notice that in this case it’s byaku, not hyaku) Triple-digit numbers, like the double-digit ones, take the first number and add – hyaku to the end (except for a 300, 600, and 800, which I will show below): 100
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