FOREIGN LANGUAGE: MODULE 2 BASIC NUMBER COUNTING AND TIME-TELLING

NUMBER COUNTING

▪ 0-10
NUMBER FIGURE JAPANESE READING
0 zero
1 ichi
2 nii
3 san
4 yon, si (shi)
5 go
6 roku
7 nana, sichi (shichi)
8 hachi
9 kyuu, ku
10 juu, to

• This is the basic counting of numbers from zero to 10.

• On some occasions, shichi and ku is used when telling time (hour/o’clock).

▪ 11-20
NUMBER FIGURE JAPANESE READING
11 ju-ichi/juichi
12 ju-nii/junii
13 juu-san/jusan
14 juu-yon/juyon
15 ju-go/jugo
16 juu-roku/juroku
17 juu-nana/junana
18 juu-hachi/juhachi
19 juu-kyuu/jukyuu
20 nii-juu/niju

For numbers 11 to 19 the formula is: 10 (juu) + the number that is missing. So, if you pair 10
(juu) + 1 (ichi) you will get juichi or 11.
Another example: 10 (juu) + 7 (nana) you’ll get juunana or 17.
Meanwhile, any numbers ending with zero will be formulated like this: for example, 4 (yon) × 10
(juu) you will get yonju or 40. So for 20, it is: 2 (nii) × 10 (juu) is equals to niiju or 20.

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▪ 20-21
NUMBER FIGURE JAPANESE READING
21 niiju-ichi
22 nijuu-nii
23 niiju-san
24 niiju-yon
25 niiju-go
26 nijuu-roku
27 niiju-nana
28 niiju-hachi
29 nijuu-kyuu
30 san-ju/sanju

• Let’s take a look at numbers not ending with zero (0). To say a specific number from 21
to 99 excluding the numbers ending with 0, this the structure that we use:
First number + juu + second number

• For instance, for 25, we would say “2-10-5” or nii-juu-go.

▪ 31-40
NUMBER FIGURE JAPANESE READING
31 sanju-ichi
32 sanju-nii
33 sanju-san
34 sanju-yon
35 sanju-go
36 sanju-roku
37 sanju-nana
38 sanju-hachi
39 sanju-kyuu
40 yon-ju/yonju

▪ 41-50
NUMBER FIGURE JAPANESE READING
41 Yonju-ichi
42 Yonju-nii
43 yonju-san
44 yonju-yon
45 yonju-go
46 yonju-roku

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47 yonju-nana
48 yonju-hachi
49 yonju-kyuu
50 go-ju/goju

▪ 51-60
NUMBER FIGURE JAPANESE READING
51 goju-ichi
52 goju-nii
53 goju-san
54 goju-yon
55 goju-go
56 goju-roku
57 goju-nana
58 goju-hachi
59 goju-kyuu
60 roku-ju/rokuju

▪ 61-70
NUMBER FIGURE JAPANESE READING
61 rokuju-ichi
62 rokuju-nii
63 rokuju-san
64 rokuju-yon
65 rokuju-go
66 rokuju-roku
67 rokuju-nana
68 rokuju-hachi
69 rokuju-kyuu
70 nana-ju/nanaju

▪ 71-80
NUMBER FIGURE JAPANESE READING
71 nanaju-ichi
72 nanaju-nii
73 nanaju-san
74 nanaju-yon
75 nanaju-go
76 nana-roku
77 nanaju-nana

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78 nanaju-hachi
79 nanaju-kyu
80 hachi-juu/hachiju

▪ 81-90
NUMBER FIGURE JAPANESE READING
81 hachiju-ichi
82 hachiju-nii
83 hachiju-san
84 hachiju-yon
85 hachiju-go
86 hachiju-roku
87 hachiju-nana
88 hachiju-hachi
89 hachiju-kyuu
90 kyuu-ju/kyuju

▪ 91-100
NUMBER FIGURE JAPANESE READING
91 kyuuju-ichi
92 kyuuju-nii
93 kyuuju-san
94 kyuuju-yon
95 kyuuju-go
96 kyuuju-roku
97 kyuuju-nana
98 kyuuju-hachi
99 kyuuju-kyuu
100 hyaku

Number beyond 100 such as the numbers between 101 to 199, you will need to add the prefix
“hyaku”.
For example, 112 is hyaku juu-ni.
For two-hundred you just simply add “nii” before “hyaku”. So two-hundred (200) is niihyaku while
201 (two-hundred one) is nihyaku-ichi.

PREPARED BY: DANIELLE JOEI R. NAZARENO, LPT