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Lesson 1: たんご (Vocabulary)

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Counter for age: ～さい sai “...year(s) old”

# + -sai (years old)
*hatachi / nijus-sai / nijis-sai (20 years old)

You attach the suffix -sai to a number. Pay attention to the pronunciation.

* is-sai 1 year old

* has-sai 8 years old

* jus-sai / jis-sai 10 years old

1. いっさい (issai)

2. にさい (nisei)

3. さんさい (sansei)

4. よんさい (yonsai)

5. ごさい (gosai)

6. ろくさい (rokusai)

7. ななさい (nanasai)

8. はっさい (hassai)

9. きゅうさい (kyuusai)

10. じゅっさい (juusai)

11. じゅういっさい (juuissai)

* 20. はたち / にじゅっさい (hatachi / nijussai)

21. にじゅういっさい (nijuuissai)

35. さんじゅうごさい (sanjuugosai)

* 40. よんじゅっさい (yonjussai)

Example sentences talking about age

Question word: なんさい nan-sai (How old?)

Q: Person wa nan-sai desu ka.　“How old is …?”

A: Mearii-san wa nan-sai desu ka.
= "How old is Mary? / Mary, how old are you?"

B: (Mearii-san wa) juukyuu-sai desu.
= "Mary is 19 years old.

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Counter for "year in school: : ～ねんせい -nensee “…year student”

*よねんせい yo-nensei

1. いちねんせい (ichinensee)

2. にねんせい (ninensee)

3. さんねんせい (sannensee)

4. よねんせい (yonensee)

5. ごねんせい (gonensee)

6. ろくねんせい (rokunensee)

Examples using school year

Question word: なんねんせい Nan-nensee “What year in school?”

i.e. Watashi wa ni-nensee desu.
= "I am a second year student."

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Nationalities/languages:

Country + じん-jin [nationality]
--> Q: なにじん nani-jin
“what nationality?”

　　　　+ ご-go [language]
--> Q: なにご nani-go
“what language?”　

*えいご (eego) “English language” is an exception.

Nikkei Amerika-jin / Nikkei-jin
“Japanese American”

Afurika-kee Amerika-jin
“Afro-American”

Nihon-jin to Amerika-jin no haaf
“half Japanese half American”