Reasons To Study Japanese
You may lose your courage at first when learning to speak Japanese as a new language. An appropriate understanding of the fundamental of Japanese language is a must if you are a beginner. The simplest direction to take is to start out from the very basic parts first such as ‘common greeting phrases’ that can use to communicate with Japanese in real life, ‘numbers’, and ‘hiragana chart’ then slowly move on to the next step.So, you want to know an easy way to learn to speak Japanese? Well, first you need to know the various ways people use to learn Japanese.
Counting numbers in Japanese language is quite easy, because they are logically made from combination of the Japanese numbers 1 – 10.
All you have to remember is how to count,
1. 1 – 10
2. 100, 1000, and 10,000
In Japanese language, we count 1 (ichi), 2 (ni), 3(san), 4(shi), 5 (go), 6(rokku), 7(hichi), 8(hachi), kyu(9), 10(jyu), 100(hyaku), 1000(sen), and 10,000(man).
For example, the grade of 10, the numbers 11 – 19 are made of 10 plus the relevant unit.
* Jyu ichi(11) = Jyu(10) + ichi(1)
* Jyu go (15) = Jyu(10) + go(5)
20(ni jyu) is made of a 2 (ni) in front of 10(jyu).
You then add the relevant unit to make 21, 22, 23 and so on:
In Japanese language, this simple method is applied to the grade of 100, 1000, and 10,000.
So, if you want to count 101(Hyaku ichi), you combine 100 (Hyaku) and 1 (ichi).
In the case of 111(Hyaku Jyu Ichi), you combine 3 relevant numbers 100(Hyaku), 10(Jyu) and 1 (ichi).
By the way, let me also explain about the difference betwen the English counting system and the Japanese counting system.
You need to actually learn this at the same time when learning how to speak in a Japanese way. So I would like to suggest you to watch some Japanese movies with English subtitles as well as getting an Online Japanese Courses to guide you in your learning how to speak the language correctly. I do wish this article can aid you in your learning process.Want to learn Japanese then look here for more of these tips, ideas, ways and many more things you need to know Learning Japanese.