![]() ★ The Japanese word for eight (people) is 八人 (はちにん – hachinin). ★ Another way to say it is: 七枚 (ななにん – nananin). ★ The Japanese word for seven (people) is 七人 (しちにん – shichinin). ★ The Japanese word for six (people) is 六人 (ろくにん – rokunin). ★ The Japanese word for five (people) is 五人 (ごにん – gonin). ★ Be careful! Although 四 is usually pronounced よん (yon) or し (shi), 四人 is not pronounced よ んにん (yonnin) or しにん (shinin). ★ The Japanese word for four (people) is 四人 (よにん – yonin). ★ The Japanese word for three (people) is 三人 (さんにん – sannin). ★ Be careful! 二 人 does not follow the normal pattern and is not spoken as (に にん – ninin)! ★ The Japanese word for two (people) is 二人 (ふたり – futari). ★ Be careful! 一人 does not follow the normal pattern and is not spoken as (いちにん – ichinin)! ★ The Japanese word for one (person) is 一人 (ひとり – hitori). ★ You can use the Japanese counter 人 (にん – nin) to count people! Except for numbers one and two, all of the other numbers used to count people end in 人 (にん – nin). There are many ways to count things in Japanese depending on the type of object being counted! Today we will learn how to count people in Japanese! How to Count in Japanese – Part Two – Review Notes
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