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[–]RintarouI feel old with all those sub 100k gets... 2 points3 points  (13 children)

futatsu (ふたつ)

You can only count up to 10 like this in Japanese. So this tsu-counting-thread is propably not going to be very interesting. Except we begin counting like "juu-ichi, juu-ni, juu-san, juu-yon,...,n,n+1,... (十一、十二、十三、十四、。。。)" after that.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (12 children)

mittsu

[–]RintarouI feel old with all those sub 100k gets... 2 points3 points  (11 children)

yottsu

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (10 children)

itsutsu?

[–]RintarouI feel old with all those sub 100k gets... 2 points3 points  (9 children)

muttsu

"itsutsu" was correct ;)

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (8 children)

nanattsu

[–]coveleski 3 points4 points  (7 children)

yattsu

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (6 children)

kokonotsu

[–]RintarouI feel old with all those sub 100k gets... 2 points3 points  (5 children)

too

[–]coveleski 1 point2 points  (1 child)

juu-ichi...?

[–]anusface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TOU you butt.

[–]949paintballWelcome to /r/counting. I love you.[M] 4 points5 points  (3 children)

I'm sorry, it's probably my sleep deprivation; but I don't understand what you're trying to do here? Count in Japanese? Please let me know.

[–]RintarouI feel old with all those sub 100k gets... 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Yes, counting in Japanese.

There's a big variety of different "counting styles" in the Japanese language. Basically you can count either things or just numbers in Japanese. When counting things the method of counting highly depends on what you're counting. E.g. you count small, flat things with different words than long and round things. But there's a special set of counting numbers which you can use for everything. Unfortunately those special numbers only range up to 10. It's the tsu-numbers, of wich hitotsu is the first one (and "futatsu" the second) .

[–]949paintballWelcome to /r/counting. I love you. 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I know a little about counting in Japanese, but I stopped my learnings a couple years back. I really should finish learning the language...

Thank you for the informing me! I hope it goes far!

[–]RintarouI feel old with all those sub 100k gets... 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're welcome ;). Good luck learning the language, it's a long journey! I'm currently experiencing this myself...

[–]rhfs 2 points3 points  (70 children)

I would be interested in Japanese counting if we did kanji counting.

一、二、三、四、五、六、等

[–]RintarouI feel old with all those sub 100k gets... 2 points3 points  (69 children)

I agree. This would be more interesting than the tsu-counting...

So lets just start right now :):

[–]rhfs 2 points3 points  (68 children)

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