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Lesson Sixteen: Numbers 3
Let’s take a step back and do something a little easier. Suuji, sono ni! (numbers, part two)
When you want to say larger numbers than ten, simply put ten before the next number. This works up to 19. Anything larger than that, and you’ll want to put a number before the ten, then another one after the ten. So 22 would be “two ten two” in English.
Here are some examples to work off of. See how up to 19 there is nothing before the ten?
sixteen | juuroku | じゅうろく |
seventeen | juunana | じゅうなな |
eighteen | juuhachi | じゅうはち |
nineteen | juukyuu | じゅうきゅう |
twenty | nijuu | にじゅう |
Also, there’s no need to put a zero in for multiples of ten, as shown below.
thirty | sanjuu | さんじゅう |
forty | yonjuu | よんじゅう |
fifty | gojuu | ごじゅう |
sixty | rokujuu | ろくじゅう |
seventy | nanajuu | ななじゅう |
Here are some mixed words to study.
42 | yonjuuni | よんじゅうに |
91 | kyuujuuichi | きゅうじゅういち |
Here are some larger numbers to work with.
eighty | hachijuu | はちじゅう |
ninety | kyuujuu | きゅうじゅう |
hundred | hyaku | ひゃく |
number | suuji | すうじ |
Need to say something bigger than 100? Use the same pattern as the tens!
175 | hyakushichijuugo | ひゃくしちじゅうご |
298 | nihyakukyuujuuhachi | にひゃくきゅうじゅうはち |
Ready to test out your knowledge?
GAME: Multiple choice
Let’s do one more round of gaming to get you going.
GAME: Hit-a-word
The best way to practice your numbers is to keep counting! So get counting!
That’s it for the higher numbers. Next time we’re going to finish the hiragana.
