Lesson 7 - Vocabulary:
Prices
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The system of writing Japanese used in this course is called the Hepburn system. Pronunciation of most of the letters presents no difficulty to an American. Those letters or combinations of letters considered difficult to pronounce will be explained in this section of the lessons. In this lesson you may have difficulty with the following:
1.
When double
letters appear in
a Japanese word,
as in mittsu, the
sound is repeated.
Think of double
letters as having a
hyphen between them
and pronounce both
letters distinctly. Listen:
sam-man |
rop-pyak |
has-sen |
mit-ts |
2. When i and u are written with a slash mark through them, they are slurred, or barely pronounced. Listen:
gozaimash |
h |
f |
3. The letters marked with a bar, ī, ō, and ū, are pronounced longer than ones without a bar. Listen:
īe |
arigatō |
dōmo |
jū |
kyū |
4.
The letter
g in
the middle of
a word is
pronounced like the ng
in "sing" by
natives of
arigatō
ichi
|
1 |
ni
|
2 |
san
|
3 |
yon
|
4 |
go
|
5 |
rok |
6 |
nana
|
7 |
hachi
|
8 |
kyū
|
9 |
jū
|
10 |
ni-jū
|
20 |
san-jū
|
30 |
yon-jū
|
40 |
go-jū
|
50 |
rok |
60 |
nana-jū
|
70 |
hachi-jū
|
80 |
kyū-jū
|
90 |
hyak |
100 |
ni-hyak |
200 |
sam-byak |
300 |
yon-hyak |
400 |
go-hyak |
500 |
rop-pyak |
600 |
nana-hyak |
700 |
hap-pyak |
800 |
kyū-hyak |
900 |
sen
|
1,000 |
ni-sen
|
2,000 |
san-zen
|
3,000 |
yon-sen
|
4,000 |
go-sen
|
5,000 |
rok |
6,000 |
nana-sen
|
7,000 |
has-sen
|
8,000 |
kyū-sen
|
9,000 |
ichi-man
|
10,000 |
ni-man |
20 , 000 |
sam-man |
30,000 |
yom-man |
40,000 |
go-man |
50,000 |
rok |
60,000 |
nana-man |
70,000 |
hachi-man |
80,000 |
kyū-man |
90,000 |
sumimasen |
excuse
me |
des |
is;
are |
des |
is
it? |
nan des |
what
is it?
/ what can I
do for
you? / what did you
say? |
ikura
des |
how
much is it? / how
much does
it cost? |
kore |
this
one |
sore |
that
one |
are |
that
one over there |
dore? |
which
one? |
kore
des |
(is
it) this one? |
sore
des |
(is
it) that one? |
are
des |
(is
it) that one
over there?
|
dore
des |
which
one(is it)?
|
des |
isn't
it? / isn't that right? |
kore des |
this
one, right?
|
sore des |
that
one, right?
|
are des |
that
one over there,
right? |
hai |
yes;
yes, sir; yes,
ma'am |
īe |
no |
iya |
no |
kudasai |
please
give me
|
dōmo |
thank
you |
dōmo
arigatō |
thank
you |
dōmo arigatō
gozaimash |
thank
you |
arigatō |
thank
you |
arigatō
gozaimash |
thank
you |
h |
one |
f |
two |
mitts |
three |
f |
for
two |
mitts |
for
three |
en |
yen |