How to Count (Almost) Anything in Japanese | Japanese Counter Words

Here are the basic Japanese counter words you will need to know if you want to speak and understand Japanese! #japanesecounterwords #basicjapanese #learnjapanese #japanesecounters
DId you know there are about 500 Japanese counters in total? I didn't even know that! Don't let that number scare you, though. As long as you know all the basic counters, you'll be able to count almost anything in Japanese!
This video is a beginner Japanese video, and made for those of you studying for the JLPT N5.
Let me know if you have any questions in the comments! :)
Thank you always for watching!
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - つ (tsu)
01:42 - 個 (ko)
03:26 - 枚 (mai)
03:55 - 本 (hon)
04:33 - 冊 (satsu)
04:59 - 人 (nin)
05:54 - 匹 (hiki)
06:40 - 頭 (tou)
07:25 - 羽 (wa)
08:05 - 台 (dai)
08:34 - 着 (chaku)
09:18 - 足 (soku)
09:37 - 杯 (hai)
10:22 - 日 (nichi)
11:42 - ヶ月 (kagetsu)
12:22 - 回 (kai)
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[@maxsjapanese]

みなさんいつもありがとうございます！！ Thank you for watching!!! If there’s anything you want to learn or see about Japanese/Japan, please let me know in the comments! * At around <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="119">01:59</a> I wrote 「十一個　十三個　十四個　十五個」 but 「十一個　十二個　十三個　十四個」 is correct. I accidentally skipped 十二個 when I typed it in editing 😅 Sorry!

[@AlphaEligon]

😮😮😮😮😮! Ohaiyo Max! Only started back learning Japanese today well actually yesterday however what you featured in your segment I never knew about before I knew about the basic counting from 1 to 10 but all the other counters never knew about it until today thanks much. Hope to see more learning curve tutorials. Arigatou! From the West Indies btw!

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment :) 勉強がんばりましょう！！

[@Thatburger499]

How do I know what if 明日 is read ashita or asu

[@georgemonnatjr.172]

面白くて楽しかったです。テキサスから、ありがとうございます。

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

​@@maxsjapaneseso many rule.

[@nimeobless]

I'm shocked after "there is 500+ counters". I was aware from Japanese friends that "we have some specific words for different counters よね", but I was NOT ready for 500 of them :D

[@maxsjapanese]

I totally get that… 😅 I’m not even sure if I know all of them perfectly, to be honest! So, you don’t have to be perfect :)

[@spencernicelymusic]

Thank you for not diminishing my motivation like everyone else saying Japanese counter words are impossible to understand

[@shishinonaito]

Changes in pronunciation are not random. Pay attention and you soon will notice the (quite easy) pattern behind those changes. Same patterns are applied to the changes in other types of words, like adjectives and nouns. They are naver random.

[@maxsjapanese]

Good point!!

[@w花b]

"never" is a big word

[@rcookie5128]

I remember: For "jackets" use "jacku" (ちゃく) and for footwear use a "sock" (そく) :D Helpful video!

[@maxsjapanese]

That’s a really nice way to remember them 😊

[@elgatofelix8917]

Max: "Mai is used for flat and thin things" Mai Shiranui: "Excuse me, what!? Am I a joke to you?"

[@nimeobless]

Btw ひとり、ふたり、さんにん same idea as in English "alone", "couple", "three people", "four people" etc. :)

[@maxsjapanese]

Wow! I didn’t think about that! That’s a good point 😁

[@Ivyhurster]

What a great video! VERY HELPFUL! I find it really interesting that the counter for larger animals, "to", uses the kanji for head (頭). English uses the word "head" for counting large farm/herd animals, too. For instance, you would say "50 head of cattle" in English. What a coincidence!

[@maxsjapanese]

WOW!!!! I didn’t know that! That is actually really cool 😳

[@amonakuma615]

This man deserves 十万人 to subscribe to the channel!

[@KJM2000]

Just as I'm beginning to grasp the sublime nature of Kanji and preparing myself to start learning it, I come across this. Why, why, why?? I'm starting to cry :(

[@francisnot_]

As a Korean speaker, watching this video Korean also uses counters for different objects. We also have counters for books (권/kwon), people (인/in or 명/myung), animals (마리/mari) they don't differentiate between animal sizes , for big objects like cars or mechanical objects (대/dae) for clothes (벌/beol), for glasses (잔/jan) , days (일/il) & months (월/wol) & many more!!

[@blackypaw840]

毎日日本語を二時間ぐらい勉強します。At times, it feels like there will never be an end to the mountain of Kanji and exception cases, counters included. This is where videos like this one which may not teach you all the possible things to know but put into perspective what you need to know to have some first conversations (for the moment at least) really help you out. Thank you for that!

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment :) 毎日二時間の勉強はすごいです！がんばってください😊

[@ungorlgorl]

Maxさん、はじめまして。プエルトリコ人で、ほぼ3年くらい一人で日本語を勉強しています。私にとって日本語の数は一番難しいから、あなたの動画には全く感謝します！！！❤ やっと理解できました！！

[@maxsjapanese]

はじめまして！ コメントありがとうございます😊 この動画が役に立ったようでよかったです！ これからも勉強がんばってください！

[@gayluigi4122]

Super underrated channel You deserve all of the subs you could get

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you 😊

[@robshandl3]

Maybe the best counter video that I've ever seen. Thank you!

[@maxsjapanese]

Glad to hear that ;) Thank you!

[@chibichiiiii]

omg I have SO much to learn! Japanese is hard!!

[@maxsjapanese]

I know it actually is hard 😅 but you don’t have to be perfect! You don’t have to be scared to make mistakes :) Just learn/study little by little and you’ll get there eventually 😊

[@cjollyrn]

This is great! I’ve been using duolingo for my Japanese and was soooo confused by all the different counters because it literally just throws them at you with no explanation. This was immensely helpful!

[@maxsjapanese]

I’m glad to hear that :) Thank you!

[@endxr4735]

Both informative and entertaining, your channel is really underrated :D

[@maxsjapanese]

I’m glad to hear that! Thank you 😊

[@S3verance]

only 688 subscribers!?

[@guilhermemadureira9083]

Underrated!

[@elgatofelix8917]

Pretty soon he is going to have to teach how to count subscribers 😂😂😂

[@zeynaud]

I know right! I thought the video was of such a high quality with the editing and all that it was from a mainstream channel. That's fantastic

[@AlphaEligon]

868...not 688! 😅😅 Don't worry, Max...you got my vote of ☝️👆✌🤘👌👍🤜🤛👀✅☑️✔️

[@adawolf9483]

Now, 5 days later, it's 1.54K

[@user-rk4uu7pt8x]

Thank you so much どうもありがとうございます

[@maxaudibert5793]

Thank you!

[@sweiji]

thank you so much, it's exactly what I was looking for!!

[@mr.natamsr]

Thanks! Any time i need to remenber the counters, i will come back to this video.

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment! Come back anytime ;)

[@Vikmanius]

More counters please! I like your background setting, very chill

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you :) Taking videos at parks feels super nice 😊 I will make part 2 sometime!

[@miguelito7488]

Man... Why did I just find this channel??? Dudes amazing!!! Thank you very much sir

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you 😊

[@yasseralg3928]

Amazing video. Thank you. Will be coming back here to learn more and freshen up later on

[@verabilling]

Excellent, very clear and very helpful!!

[@maxsjapanese]

Glad it was helpful :)

[@ailey1108]

Thank you for this channel. It's more easy to learn

[@maxsjapanese]

I’m glad you think so :) Thank you for your comment!

[@dumplingnishi]

Amazing video. So helpful. 😊

[@maxsjapanese]

I’m glad you liked it :) Thank you for your comment!

[@MiasinLearnArmenian]

Very helpful ❤ thank you very much

[@maxsjapanese]

I’m glad it was helpful ;) Thank you for your comment :)

[@maneland2296]

Thanks for a very great video, it helped me a lot in learning Japanese. Looking forrward to your next videos ❤

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you 😊

[@cosygracegames]

This was such a wonderful supplement to my studies, really easy helpful way to learn so thank you so much!!

[@maxsjapanese]

I’m happy you found it helpful :) Thank you for your kind comment!

[@theloneowl4896]

Very nice video, hope your channel grows up fast

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you so much 😊

[@studentgohan4599]

i shared this video in a japanese learners group on whatsapp, とても便利ですよ

[@maxsjapanese]

ありがとうございます😊

[@SimpletonPortuguese]

Discovered your channel today. Loved the vídeo. Counters were something I decided to leave for later when I first encountered them because they looked so complicated. They eventually became easier to grasp.

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you :) I hope this video helped you learn counters without so much confusion :)

[@Nls007]

I love your energy, you have a fantastic teaching style! Looking forward to seeing your success!

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you so much! 😳

[@theepicsink]

incredibly useful and entertaining video my guy. Keep it up 💯 your explanations are super easy to understand

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you!!! 😊

[@FinDi90]

Having never specificly studied counters, just seeing them here and there, I'm really proud of myself for knowing all of them!😄 When the consonants change, seems to follow a logic, but I wouldn't trust myself to get them right quite yet. This video will be re-watched!👍

[@maxsjapanese]

That’s awesome!! and thank you for your comment :)

[@tonymark269]

This video is very useful for me, thanks Max-sensei. I probably don't know how to say the counters in Japansese when it so many way to read it.

[@Hotspur62]

Very helpful and easy to remember. I also like that you included the kanji. Thank you!

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment ;)

[@tejalvelani6780]

Learning the Counters was so confusing , but, with your Video, it has become more interesting, informative and easier . Looking forward for many more !!!

[@maxsjapanese]

I’m glad it was helpful :) Thank you 😊

[@runningkeddy]

Wow! Your English is so good! I am gonna subscribe and learn more about every thing in Japan form you.

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you ☺️

[@gabi6898]

Great video. Thank you 🙏

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment :)

[@_Sh1ne_]

Thank you, that was helpful

[@maxsjapanese]

I’m glad to hear that! Thank you 😊

[@lifesolo]

A huuuuuge Thanks to you bro!!!!!! Thats what im looking for !

[@maxsjapanese]

I’m glad you found this video ;)

[@Ashigaraa]

You totally forgot of the Year counter, I think that's super important

[@maxsjapanese]

You’re right! I just skipped how to count “time” in general in this video, but I will most likely cover them in future videos :) Thank you for your comment!

[@xRafael507]

Amazing videos, keep going man.

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you 😊

[@mrsthe97]

Thank you for the video.

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for watching :)

[@yumechuu]

Wow, your video puts everything so concisely, I couldn't believe that your channel was still this unknown. I'm sure this will get pushed by the algorithm to more people. Thanks for the lesson Max先生！！

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your kind words :)

[@AthanasiosJapan]

I knew all of them. My favourite counter is the one for counting gods, hashira.

[@maxsjapanese]

Awesome!!!! That’s a unique counter ;)

[@g0lfl3fl3ur]

How is this man so underrated 😭 ありがとうございますマックス先生 !

[@maxsjapanese]

ありがとうございます！😁

[@SukMadik-papu]

It's better to learn counters and kanji once you have reached a decent or good level and to focus more on learning vocabulary. That way, your learning experience won't be as stressful.

[@Andwack]

Awesome man! Very helpful! Even though I knew a lot of it, it's refreshing! I just moved to Tokyo last month, keep up the great work! お疲れ様でした！

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you! Hope you are having a good life in Tokyo :)

[@Andwack]

@@maxsjapanese love it here man! Just trying to learn as much Japanese as I can, plus find photo/video work 😂 頑張ります！

[@user-nh3fn9mq1g]

あなた方の動画はすごすぎる!!!!!🎉😮

[@maxsjapanese]

ありがとうございます😊

[@qwerty4324ify]

A counter for how often (per day week etc). Also used for degrees of angle and temperature for larger numbers. 1度　いちど　ichido = once or just one time please - more polite than 回 when asking 2度　にど　nido = twice 3度　さんど　sando = thrice Not to be confused with むかし むかし for once upon a time.

[@Rocky32189]

This is the best video I've seen on this topic. Super helpful, clear, and concise! Now I just have to figure out how to memorize them all! 🤯

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you :) I’m planning to make a video on how to learn kanji sometime in the future :)

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you :) I’m planning to make a video on how to learn kanji sometime in the future :)

[@chemicalz-8233]

ありがとうございます！

[@maxsjapanese]

こちらこそありがとうございます😊

[@Aeris_InJapan]

good video thanks !

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you :) ありがとうございます！

[@chibigato3x311]

😊muchas gracias por este vídeo.

[@maxsjapanese]

A usted gracias ☺️

[@johnbolton292]

Great video! I've never used chaku yet.

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you :) Now you’ll be ready to use it when the time comes 😁

[@quintongordon6024]

A good, quality video.

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you 😊 ありがとうございます！

[@y____-----___----__---_--]

the most useful counter is 一翼 counter for wings

[@sundayman99]

Hey great video! Trying to remember all of the Japanese counters are 😵🤪😢, but this was very helpful. Subscribed!

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you 😊 I know it’s pretty hard but I’m glad the video helped :)

[@Fromdeno]

First of all: I always admire a good beard on a Japanese man, I met my first Japanese friend that way as my first ever conversation in Japanese was about it. So if you haven’t got an invite yet to Beard Brothers Club, here is one now. We can all communicate with each other using our minds, and we love cookies( because the crumbs get in our beard make them smell good. ) Second. Love this enthusiasm and wish you the best of luck, keep at it!

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for the kind initiation 🧔‍♂️

[@deborazulmirasilva]

thank you

[@maxsjapanese]

You’re welcome :) Thank you for your comment!

[@yun0ny4]

ありがとございます！　たくさのことを教わりました。 I do have one small critique, though. I would love to hear more about why certain things are the way they are. Like how 足 means leg, for example, which makes it being the counter for shoes make much more sense; or how you use native Japanese numbers for 1人 and 2人, but not the rest, to specify that they're not just different ways to say the same number. This is already a complicated topic, so I completely understand if you explain things this way to avoid confusion, but I honestly think it would only be helpful if you cleared up little things like that, since a new Japanese learner will have to learn it anyway. I think it would make the counters easier to remember as well. It's only a small thing, though. All in all it's a very solid video. Once again, thank you very much! :)

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your honest opinion :)

[@Puripuripurin1]

ありがとうございます！！

[@maxsjapanese]

こちらこそありがとうございます😊

[@Puripuripurin1]

@@maxsjapanese 😄日本語の計数難しいです😭😭 (i hope this sentence is correct so please correct me if im wrong!)

[@JT-wk5sm]

😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 ありがとうございます What about time? Hours, minutes and seconds.

[@maxsjapanese]

コメントありがとうございます😊 hours - 時間(じかん) minutes - 分(ふん/ぷん) seconds - 秒(びょう)

[@pawz212]

instant subscribe

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you ☺️

[@Jacky-san]

Merci, la leçon est bien claire. Matané

[@maxsjapanese]

Merci! 😊

[@chibigon01]

More counters please.

[@maxsjapanese]

😎👍

[@DeepMoonWave]

Great video! Thank you so much! A few more counter questions, how do you count: Meetings? Fishs? Stars and Planets? Plants and Trees?

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment!! •Meetings (会議:かいぎ)→回(かい) •Fish (魚:さかな)→We usually use 匹(ひき) but there are some more ways to count fish depending on the situations. •Stars (星:ほし)& Planets (惑星:わくせい)→個(こ)/つ even though they are not technically small… lol •Trees (木:き)→本(ほん) •Plants → so many different counters for different plants 😅 Hope this helps!

[@OK-we1ss]

Subscribe without hesitate !!

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you!!!

[@MugiwaraRuffy]

In my Japanese class, we learned time and date related stuff before we learned various counters. So in the beginning, when you wanted to express for example the "X'th day (of a month, etc) the way numbers 1-9 were pronounced were super confusing. It really begin to make sense, when we learned about the counters. Although then at the beginning the various types of counters were confusing in their own way

[@maxsjapanese]

I hope this video helped!

[@MugiwaraRuffy]

@@maxsjapanese Kinda, because I already learned about the type of counters months ago. But was a nice refresher definitely.

[@Wmann]

Wonderful because I already know Chinese, these aren’t that bad to grasp on :) Favourite one is 個 or 頭, literally just onyomi!

[@maxsjapanese]

I’ve heard that Chinese has so many more counters than Japanese!

[@d0gkiller87]

Well the upside is that you don't need to transform the number before counters in Chinese. Imagine you can simply add いち、に、さん ... before every kind of counters in Japanese 😭 It's gonna be so much easier to learn Japanese but it'll lose the fun at the same time!

[@Cqex]

What the hail how do you have 700 subs i tought you had over 300000 atleast

[@asdfpersonguy]

I always felt so insecure about my counter knowledge but to my surprise I knew most of these! As in their uses and base pronunciation at least. 頭, 着, and 足 were new to me. Isn't it weird how common it is for lessons to teach 匹 and not 頭? Also had no idea about 羽 being used for rabbits! Lol. Great video! Blessed by algorithm 🙏

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment :) Like I said in the video, you could still use 匹 for bigger animals, but to sound more natural, knowing 頭 would definitely be a plus :)

[@madebyarmadillo]

Such a fun demeanor bruh I had to sub hahaha

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you 😎

[@bhaskaranc.a.9231]

すごい! とても約立つですね。

[@maxsjapanese]

ありがとうございます！ 役に立ってよかったです😊

[@lostinthesupermarket]

What about long and thick objects

[@maxsjapanese]

It actually depends… like if you think they are shaped relatively like stick-shaped, then they are often 〜本. For example, pillars used for houses and stuff are 本 even though they are usually thick, because they are long enough to look like a stick, if that makes sense!

[@ariafelis6062]

Thank you for your video! I learned to count eight as はっぴき、はっぽん etc. Which is more natural, はっぴき or はちひき? Or is it a matter of preference or region? You had both.

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment! Actually, both of them are correct… As far as I know as a native Japanese speaker, we don’t have a clear rule for that… It’s also probably a matter of preference and dialect as you pointed out. Sorry for the confusion!

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment! Actually, both of them are correct… As far as I know as a native Japanese speaker, we don’t have a clear rule for that… It’s also probably a matter of preference and dialect as you pointed out. Sorry for the confusion!

[@Cqex]

Hi max can you make a video about making sentences with de te tte and so on?

[@maxsjapanese]

Will do! Thank you for the suggestion!

[@AnnaHans88]

Wonderful video! Question, can 回 (kai) also be used to count floors?

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment :) To count floors, we use 階(かい: kai). It’s pronounced the same way as 回. Hope this helps :)

[@AnnaHans88]

@@maxsjapanese Ahhh that clears it up for me. Thank you!!

[@maxsjapanese]

I’m glad it helped :) Thank you for the question! It was a great one 😊

[@motherfudger6664]

I thought I learned 1-10 in martial arts class some time back, even heard it in movies and songs and figured those were the numbers and we were good to go. Then I start actually learning the language, the apps have already thrown a few different versions of some numbers like 四 instead of し for 4 and 七 instead of しち for 7, and I was like "uh oh..." Now after seeing this, I am utterly terrified...

[@Link-Link]

Those are the kanji version of those numbers. 一 (いち)、二 （に)、三 (さん)、四 (よん、し)、五 (ご)、六 (ろく)、七(しち、なな) 八(はち)、九(きゅう)、十(じゅう) Then after that you just "combine" them to form bigger numbers, such as 16 which would be 十六　(じゅうろく). It might seem scary and honestly it can be but those kanji are quite easy to remember, and believe it or not counting in Japanese isn't really that hard. But like everything it takes practice

[@motherfudger6664]

@@Link-Link I wasn't actually talking about the kanji, I was talking about yon instead of shi for 4 and nana instead of sichi for 7, etc.

[@Link-Link]

@@motherfudger6664 ah ok yeah lol, they use よん instead of し because し resembles the word death, which is 死ぬ (shi nu) in Japanese

[@domiNATEion]

Maxちゃん！ この素晴らしい動画ありがとうございます もっとポストをして下さいませんか このチャンネルは人気が上昇しますよ！ Also really cool to realize how the counter for drinks connects to the expression "乾杯！” Could you please help me by the way? In sayings like: 「後悔先に立たず」 or 「火のない所に煙は立たず」 what is this meaning/usage of 立たず? I understand how ず is essentially ない けど、意味がわかんない😭

[@maxsjapanese]

ありがとうございます😊 乾 in 乾杯 means “to dry” so it could technically mean “Dry your cup/glass!” 😆 That “verb +ず” means basically the same as “verb + ない” :)

[@Mondryx]

Learning japanese for ~7 months now and learned quite some Counter Words.. and I hate them all! xD Always thinking to myself "Just why another one just for birds? For Books? Really? Okay..."

[@maxsjapanese]

I totally get that 😅 But I think it’s the beauty of the Japanese language! 😆

[@tezaluka]

Hi Max, thank you for your video. I came across one inconsistency. When you first talk about 本 at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="253">4:13</a>, you say that 八本 is pronounced as "happon". However, when you talk about 本 again at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="384">6:24</a>, you say that 八本 is pronounced as "hachihon". Which one is correct? Thank you :)

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment! Both of them are actually correct…😅

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment! Both of them are actually correct…😅

[@levuhoangtrang4460]

Thank you so much for your wonderful lesson. However, many Japanese teachers on KZbin counted とお as 10 in the つ counting. Can you clarify this? Thanks!

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment! That’s actually a really complicated thing to talk about😅 I might need another video just for that… It has something to do with the Japanese language’s history and transformation too, so I would suggest that you just think that you can use つ only up to 9 (ここのつ), and とお is not used in the same way as 1-9つ. If you need more assistance, you can email me!

[@levuhoangtrang4460]

@@maxsjapaneseわかりました。ありがとうございました。

[@whiskeysk]

me with a friend entering an izakaya in Narita town. Me trying to impress the friend who's never been to Japan before: "sumimasen, biru o nihai onegaishimas" and lo presto, 2 beers land on the table with my friend extremely impressed. a week later me with the same friend, and another friend in an izakaya in Shinjuku. Me completely quiet. The friend looking at me confused "why don't you order drinks?" Me admitting defeat embarassingly "I do not know how to say 3 beers..."

[@galaxydave3807]

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[@maxsjapanese]

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[@bhaskaranc.a.9231]

🙏

[@maxsjapanese]

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[@user-cc8uq5io3q]

how do japanese learn those counter words ?

[@oliversvensson1231]

Cool! How do you count instruments and abstract things like musical pieces or digital artwork?

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment :) We use different counters for different types of instruments, so I can’t cover them all in this comment, but here are some! • Stringed instruments (like guitar): 本(ほん) • Wind instruments (like trumpet): 本(ほん) or 管(かん) • Bigger instruments (like piano): 台(だい) There are some exceptions,but most of the instruments are counted like this 👆 Hope this helps!

[@oliversvensson1231]

@@maxsjapanese Lovely, thank you a lot! So do you put the counter before or after the noun? (一台ピアノ or ピアノ一台)

[@maxsjapanese]

You can do ピアノ一台 or 一台のピアノ depending on the context and the sentences :)

[@maxsjapanese]

By the way, I forgot to tell you how to count artwork 😅 We usually use 点(てん) or 作品(さくひん) when we count artwork (whether digital or not).

[@oliversvensson1231]

@@maxsjapanese Thanks for all the help!

[@alexsoto3025]

Omg you’re so cute and your videos are awesome.

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you 😆

[@mmaya01]

Hi! How do I ask for tickets for 2 adults for tourists' attractions or Temples?

[@maxsjapanese]

Hi! Thanks for your comment! Whether it’s physical or digital, we use 枚(まい) for tickets! So I would say “大人(おとな)2枚お願いします”

[@mmaya01]

@@maxsjapanese thank you so much!!

[@ben-san6055]

I’m glad bird uses niwa so you can say niwa ni wa niwa niwatori ga iru :)

[@maxsjapanese]

Me too 😂 The tongue twister looks so confusing when it’s spelled out in Romaji lol Btw, this is how it’s written in Japanese ;) 庭には二羽鶏がいる🐓

[@cosygracegames]

That’s so fun to say 😂

[@CrocoArt]

If shoes are counted in pairs, how do you refer to just one shoe? 片っ方の靴?

[@maxsjapanese]

Good question! It’s usually 片方(かたほう)の靴 or 方足(かたそく) but you can also say 一個 :) To avoid any confusion, I would stick with 片方 because it’s probably the most common way to refer to one shoe :) Also, depending on the context, 靴片方 would be better to use than 片方の靴. btw, 片っ方(かたっぽ/かたっぽう) is considered a bit casual, and maybe it’s Osaka dialect (I could be wrong because I speak Osaka dialect and i’m not completely sure if it’s used nation-wide lol)

[@V0211V]

For Newspapers is it mai or satsu? Like books or paper?

[@maxsjapanese]

Thank you for your comment :) We actually use 部(ぶ) for newspaper 📰

[@V0211V]

@@maxsjapanese 😭thank you

[@elgatofelix8917]

So when Japanese do math, where no particular object is being numerated, which numbers are used?

[@maxsjapanese]

In math, it’s usually just numbers, no counters :) If this answers your question 😅

[@Myhair0_0]

how would you say 十一人 - じゅうひとり　or じゅういちにん

[@maxsjapanese]

十一人 is じゅういちにん！ 十二人 is じゅうににん！

[@Myhair0_0]

@@maxsjapanese ありがとうございます、マックス先生！