Do you know how to count blocks of tofu? You'll find out at the end of this lesson.

Hi everybody, I'm Alicia.

Konichua, Yamamori is!

Welcome to Japanese counters for beginners, where you'll learn how to count all sorts of different objects in Japanese.

Yamomori, what count will we learn in this lesson?

Ko.

First, let's take a look at what sorts of objects can be counted with this counter.

When counting small or round objects, you can use the counter...

But what is small and what is round?

You could use this counter to count various objects, objects as large as watermelons, or as small as a piece of candy.

And it doesn't have to be completely circular.

You could use it to describe eggs, popcorn, or other things like that.

Okay, let's count from 1 to 10 with this counter.

1, 2, 3-4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, or 8,o 9 9

10

5

Did you notice that there were some numbers

that sounded different to how they usually sound?

When you read the numbers 1, 6 and 10, you should be careful.

Yamamori,

Sense, will give you the right pronunciation once again.

For number 1, it's iqo, not ichiko. For number six, it's

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