i cant count.

[guitarplayer7694]

i think i have been able to get a list of the counting and numbering numbers in Japanese but if any one could maybe give me a list or something.also i have heard 4 pronounced "shi" and "yon",could anyone tell me witch is right.

[chezTBH]

They are both right, yon is said after 10 Same with 7 as Shichi & Nana

[pubju]

1- ichi
2- ni
3- san
4- yon (or shi)
5- go
6- roku
7- nana (or shichi)
8- hachi
9- kyu
10- ju

11- ju ichi
12- ju ni
13- ju san .etc

20- ni ju
21- ni ju ichi
22- ni ju ni
23- ni ju san .etc

30- san ju
31- san ju ichi
32- san ju ni
33- san ju san .etc

40- yon ju
41- yon ju ichi
42- yon ju ni
43- yon ju san .etc...

see a pattern?

e.g yon ju san = 4 10 3 (43)

its easy if you think of it like this

[Mike Cash]

He's a guitar player. He only needs to count to four anyway.

[Tspoonami]

Mike Cash wrote:
He's a guitar player. He only needs to count to four anyway.

What if someone asks him how many strings his instrument has?

[tanuki]

Who would ask that?

[Tspoonami]

tanuki wrote:
Who would ask that?

Helen Keller.

[Wakannai]

How will Helen Keller realize he has a guitar?

[Simon86]

I think i read or heard somewhere that shi and shichi are used more commonly for 4 and 7 rather than yon and nana... I'm not sure, am i right? Or it's a more casual way of counting. Either way i surpose it doesn't really matter, that's just how it is.

[richvh]

It's the other way around. Because "shi" (4) is a homophone of "shi" (death), yon and nana are much more commonly used than shi and shichi.

[pubju]

richvh wrote:
It's the other way around. Because "shi" (4) is a homophone of "shi" (death), yon and nana are much more commonly used than shi and shichi.

Yar, this is what I was told by one of my sensei,

I was told 'shi' also means death, so its better to use 'yon'

[poppop]

one, two, three, DIE!

[Forgetmaenot]

Wakannai wrote:
How will Helen Keller realize he has a guitar?

She will feel it.

[guitarplayer7694]

counting (ichi,ni,san...) wat about the others like 3 apples.

[chikara]

What is "wat"? Is there a "t" missing

Are you asking about counting or counters?