Video - Japanese Counters for Beginners #1 - Hon
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🗓️ 30 October 2014
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| 0:00.0 | Do you know how to count pairs of chopsticks? |
| 0:07.0 | You'll find out at the end of this lesson. |
| 0:10.0 | Hi everybody, I'm Alicia. |
| 0:12.0 | Konichua, Yamamori is! |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome to Japanese counters for beginners, where you'll learn how to count all sorts of different objects in Japanese. |
| 0:19.0 | Yamamori, what counter will we learn in this lesson? |
| 0:22.6 | HONU |
| 0:23.6 | First, let's take a look at what sorts of objects can be counted with this counter. |
| 0:28.6 | When counting in animate objects that are long and thin, you can use this counter. |
| 0:33.6 | Hong. |
| 0:34.6 | What are the examples of long and thin objects? Objects can be made of soft materials, like cords and strings, or hard materials like pens and pencils. |
| 0:44.3 | You can also count bigger objects such as trees and telephone poles. |
| 0:49.3 | Okay, let's count from 1 to 10 with this counter. 1. |
| 0:55.0 | 2 hong. |
| 0:57.0 | 3 bong. |
| 0:59.0 | 4. |
| 1:01.0 | 5 hong. |
| 1:03.0 | 6 bong. |
| 1:05.0 | 7 hong. |
| 1:07.0 | 8 bong. |
| 1:09.0 | 8 hong. 9 hong. 10 bong or 8 hong, 8 hong, 9 hjj bong. |
| 1:15.6 | Did you notice that there were some numbers that sounded different to how they usually sound? |
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