Lesson 11
Counters, Quantity & Frequency
- 1 ひとつ・ふたつ／〜人 hitotsu, futatsu / -nin counters How to count things and people — Japanese uses different counter words depending on what you count.
- 2 たくさん／すこし ＋ V takusan / sukoshi + V quantity + verb Quantity words like 'a lot', 'a little', or a number sit right before the verb.
- 3 〜に 〜かい -ni -kai ... times per ... Expressing how often — に after a time period, then 〜かい (times).
- 4 どのくらい dono kurai how long / how much? A question word asking 'how much / how long' — for time, distance, or amount.
- 5 〜だけ -dake only / just 'only / just' — placed after a noun or number to set a limit.