Chinese Series:
1: ichi 2: ni 3: san 4: shi/yon 5: go 6: roku 7: shichi/nana 8: hachi 9: kyuu/ku 10: juu 11: juu-ichi 12: juu-ni 13: juu-san 14: juu-shi/yon 20: ni-juu 30: san-juu 45: yon-juu-go 66: roku-juu-roku 72: nana-juu-ni 89: hachi-juu-ku 94: kyuu-juu-yon/shi 100: hyaku 200: ni-hyaku 300: san-byaku 400: yon-hyaku 500: go-hyaku 600: rop-pyaku 700: nana-hyaku 800: hap-pyaku 900: kyuu-hyaku 125: hyaku-ni-juu-go 247: ni-hyaku-yon-juu-nana 654: rop-pyaku-go-juu-yon 999: kyuu-hyaku-kyuu-juu-kyuu 1000: sen 2000: ni-sen 3000: san-zen 4000: yon-sen 5000: go-sen 6000: roku-sen 7000: nana-sen 8000: has-sen 9000: kyuu-sen 2748: ni-sen-nana-hyaku-yon-juu-hachi 8694: has-sen-rop-pyaku-kyuu-juu-yon 1,0000 : ichi-man 10,0000 : juu-man 100,0000 : hyaku-man 1000,0000 : is-sen-man 1,0000,0000 : ichi-oku 10,0000,0000 : juu-oku 100,0000,0000 : hyaku-oku 1000,0000,0000 : sen-oku 1,0000,0000,0000 : it-choo 3,8391 : san-man-has-sen-san-byaku-kyuu-juu-ichi 829,6476: hap-pyaku-ni-juu-kyuu-man-roku-sen-yon-hyaku-nana-juu-roku
-en 'yen' : ¥2500 ¥1,3849 -doru 'dollar': $75 $250 $1200 -sento 'cent' : ¢35 ¢48 $37.61
Three way system: ko- series 'this' - near speaker so- series 'that' - near hearer a - series 'that over there' - distant from both do- series 'wh-' Separate items: -re kore sore are dore Modification: -no Noun kono daigaku sono jisho ano sensee dono shinbun
Adv + Aff: zùibun, totemo, kànari ... Adv + Neg: a(n)mari, chittòmo, zenzen ...
Present Past Pres. Neg. Past Neg
N desu N deshita N de wa arimasen N de wa arimasen deshita
(ja) (ja)
[cf. Adjectives & verbs]
A desu Ast-katta desu Ast-ku arimasen Ast-ku arimasen deshita
Vn-masu Vn-mashita Vn-masen Vn-masen deshita
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