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Learning to count from 1,000-10,000+

5/30/2021

 
1,000 to 90,000

​Congratulations! You now know how to count in the hundreds. That's awesome! 

Let's learn how to count even higher.  

​Don't let those extra zeros intimidate you! If you are confident with the earlier lessons, then you are ready to take on the bigger numbers.

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Exceptions:
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You don’t say “ichi sen” for 1000. You just say “sen”
⚠️ For 3000 you say “san zen” not “san sen”
⚠️ For 8000 you say “has sen” not “hachi sen”

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Learning to count from 100-1000

5/29/2021

 
100+ 

Now that you are practically an expert at counting in Japanese, it’s time to learn to count even higher.  We’re talking hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.
​
Trust me - it’s not that hard!


​Like everything, there are a few exceptions. Some are below ⚠️

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⚠️ You don’t say “ichi hyaku” for 100. You just say “hyaku”
⚠️ For 300 (san byaku), 600 (rop pyaku) & 800 (hap pyaku) it is not “hyaku”

Let’s try something a bit more challenging!

​Are you ready?

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Learning to count from 11-100

5/29/2021

 
Counting Higher
 
​Now use your knowledge of counting from 1-10 to count even higher.  You’ll see that it’s actually quite easy.

Are you ready?​


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👓 Did you notice something? All the red rows are odd numbers (11, 13,..) and all the white rows are even numbers (12, 14,..).


Now let's learn how to count by tens starting at 20
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Learning to count from 1-10

5/29/2021

 
Learning to Count in Japanese 

It’s actually quite easy!

Steps to learning how to count in Japanese:

#1 Learn to count from 1-10 
#2 Learn the names for:
100 = hyaku = ひゃく
1,000 = sen = せん
10,000 = man = まん

#3 Now 1-10 quickly becomes 1-10,000+

⚠️ There are some exceptions, but we’ll get to those later on 

In this lesson you’ll learn how to:

 🍥 Count from 1-10 in Japanese  

 🗻🗻 Count between 11-99   

   🍱🍱🍱 Get comfortable counting to 100, 1000, 10 000+   

​Does that sound like fun? 


Ready. Set. Let’s Learn to Count in Japanese!   



How do you count from 1-10 in Japanese?

Great question!

⚠️ Notice that I’ve written the numbers in Hiragana.
​This is only for 
you to start to see the numbers written.  Remember, we’ll return to the lessons later on for you to LEARN Hiragana. 



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📝Want to practice counting from 1-10 in Japanese? Download the worksheet.
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