Oｈ !　My God Story NO. ６4
　　　　　

Japanese is the most difficult language in the world.  (part-2)


The order is reverse in Japanese sentences.
But there are other difficulties for foreigners

when they begin to study Japanese.

Japanese has hiragana, kanji and katakana,
  and also Japanese doesn't always need the subject.
The plural or the singular doesn't make much difference.

There is another surprise for them

when they start to speak some Japanese.
That is the variety of how to count things.

Hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu.  Hii, fuu, mii.  Ichi, nii, san.
It will be all mixed and become more complicated.

Ikko, ippon, hitotsu, issai, iccyou, ichimai, ichidai, hitotaba, ichikappu,　
itte, ippai, hitokusi, issatu, ikki, ichien, ittsui, ittai, hitoketa, ippitsu,
itten, ippiki, hitoana, ichiwa, issai, there are more.

That's not it.
I want you to look at this.
Ippon, nihon, sanbon, yonhon, gohon….
You need to change how you say.

Ippai, nihai, sanbai, yonhai, gohai….

Ippiki, nihiki, sanbiki, yonhiki, gohiki….

There are more.
But this will be enough for today.

In English, in most cases, we just say one, two, three….

Japanese is complicated.
Japanese may be genius.

Oｈ !　My God.



difficult language＝ 難しい言葉　　The order＝順序　  reverse＝逆さま
sentences＝文章　　other＝他の　　foreigner＝外人　　begin＝始める
also＝さらに　　always＝いつも　　need＝必要　　the subject＝主語
The plural or the singular ＝単数か複数　　difference＝違い
another＝もう一つ　　 surprise＝驚く　　
the variety＝さまざま、色々　　how to count things＝数え方
hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu.  hii, fuu, mii.  ichi, nii, san.
＝ひとつ、ふたつ、みっつ。ひー、ふー、みー。いち、にー、さん
ikko, ippon, hitotsu, issai, iccyou, ichimai, ichidai, hitotaba, ichikappu,　itte,　
＝ 一個、一本、ひとつ、一歳、一丁、一枚、一台、一束、一カップ、一手、
ippai, hitokusi, issatu, ikki, ichien, ittsui, ittai, hitoketa, ippitsu, 
＝ 一杯、一串、一冊、一機、一円、一対、一体、一桁、一筆、
itten, ippiki, hitoana, ichiwa, issai, there are more.
＝ 一店、一匹、一穴、一話、一歳、まだまだある
That's not it＝それだけではない
ippon, nihon, sanbon, yonhon, gohon ＝１本、２本、３本、４本、５本more＝もっと　　enough ＝充分　　complicateｄ＝複雑な
may be〜 ＝〜かもしれない　　genius＝天才

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