An introduction to Japanese - Syntax, Grammar & Language
5.2. COUNTERS 251 5.2.5 Counting time related units Seconds Counting seconds in Japanese uses , for which the pronunciations a ...
252 CHAPTER 5. COUNTERS AND COUNTING Clock hours Don’t confuse clock hours with durational hours. Clock hours are things like ...
5.2. COUNTERS 253 time and duration is striking: ”What time is it?” ”How long is it?” This difference is also very important for ...
254 CHAPTER 5. COUNTERS AND COUNTING ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... The reading for differs depending on what it’s used ...
5.2. COUNTERS 255 Weeks Increasing the scale further, we reach weeks, indicated with. Like , on its own just refers to the yea ...
256 CHAPTER 5. COUNTERS AND COUNTING January February March April May June July August September October November December The n ...
5.2. COUNTERS 257 months, and is typically only used for indicating 1 to 3 months of dura- tion. This is a slightly poetic count ...
258 CHAPTER 5. COUNTERS AND COUNTING An example sentence would be: ”This book is from 1878.” (The era ran from 1886 to 1912, so ...
5.2. COUNTERS 259 / Years of age The one thing cannot be used for is to indicate years of age. For this, two special counters ...
260 CHAPTER 5. COUNTERS AND COUNTING words depending on whether it’s followed by a positive or negative verb. literally: ”You’re ...
5.2. COUNTERS 261 Very This quantifier only works when followed by a positive verbal adjective: ”This is very cheap isn’t it?” ...
262 CHAPTER 5. COUNTERS AND COUNTING Not at all Like and , this quantifier is typically followed by a negative verb: ”(I) don’ ...
5.2. COUNTERS 263 A lot, ”to the brim” Mentioned in the counter section for , this quantifier can only be used with positive v ...
264 CHAPTER 5. COUNTERS AND COUNTING All, wholly This quantifier means ”all” or ”wholly” by virtue of its literal meaning ”all ...
5.3. USING NUMBERS 265 this time indication it is easier to tell to which day for instance a particular programme belongs - some ...
266 CHAPTER 5. COUNTERS AND COUNTING use are: ”It’s already 10 past 4, are we still going to wait?” ”That programme will start 5 ...
5.3. USING NUMBERS 267 The era is the last most recent era still covering the 1900’s, run- ning from 1912 till 1926 The era is t ...
268 CHAPTER 5. COUNTERS AND COUNTING mon-wed-fri tue-thu-sat Note that contractions occur when pairing with , because of the in ...
5.3. USING NUMBERS 269 We can also use on its own, for such obvious things as: ”If (you) add 20 yen, that’ll make it (a) round ( ...
270 CHAPTER 5. COUNTERS AND COUNTING Multiplication A final simple operation is multiplication, which uses the noun . This is ac ...
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