Intensive Japanese I, Grammar Lesson 9 1

文法第９課

Grammar Notes for Lesson 9

1. More Diverse Ways of Expression

1.1 Expressions with 好きだ,きらいだ,得意だ,ほしい,
必要だ,上手だ,下手だ,できる,わかる and いる
1.2 Give and Receive あげる、もらう、くれる
1.2.1 Receive もらう
1.2.2 Give あげる
1.2.3 Give (me) くれる
1.3 to put on and to take off

2. Clock Time (part 2)

3. Space of Time
3.1 Space of time ∼時間
3.2 Space of time ∼分（間）

4. The Numbers (part 3)

4.1 The numbers up to 999,999,999,999
4.2 Changes in sound of 百 and 千
4.3 Currencies 円￥、ドル＄、ユーロ¤

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文法第９課         
Grammar Notes for Lesson 9

1. More Diverse Ways of Expression

In this lesson we learn new ways of expression.

1.1 Expressions with 好きだ,きらいだ,得意だ,ほしい,

   必要だ, 上手だ, 下手だ, できる, わかる and いる

Sample sentence:
日本語が少しできます。
Nihon-go ga sukoshi dekimasu.
I can (speak) little Japanese.

In lesson 7, chapter 1.1 we have learnt the structure N1 wa N2 ga Adjective to emphasize

qualitatively one part of a whole. In a modified form you can use this structure to lay
emphasis selectively on the mental or physical part of creatures. Mostly it deals with the
mental and physical capability of human being like the ability of doing something.

The four structures

N1はN2ができます。   (できる=弱V...can do something)
N1はN2がわかります。 (わかる=強V...understand something)
N1はN2が上手です。 (上手だ=NA...to be good at something)
N1はN2が下手です。 (下手だ=NA...to be unskilful in something)
show the ability or inability to do something.
For further inflexion (past, negation etc.) it is important to know that できる and わかる are
verbs, while 上手だ and 下手だ are nominal adjectives.

The three structures

N1はN2がほしいです。  (ほしい=VA...want to have something)
N1はN2が好きです。 (好きだ=NA...to like something)
N1はN2がきらいです。 (きらいだ=NA...to dislike something)
show the affection or aversion towards things and actions. ほしい (also: 欲しい ) is
a verbal adjective, 好きだ and きらいだ (also: 嫌いだ ) are nominal adjectives.

The remaining two structures

N1はN2がいります。 (いる=強V...to need something)
N1はN2が必要です。 (必要だ=NA...to require something)
show the feeling of necessity in respect of an action or a thing. いる (also: 要る, be careful,
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it is a 強V and not the 弱V to be!) is a verb and 必要だ is a nominal adjective.

As you can easily ascertain, most of these expressions are used to emphasize the
mental features and not the physical characteristic of a person.
Apart from the arrangement in groups according to the meaning, it is also possible to put
the expressions in groups in a more grammatical way:

N1はN2が 好きです／きらいです／得意です／ほしいです／必要です／上手です／下手です
are sentence structures all formed by adjectival predicates. So they describe the quality.

N1はN2が できます／わかります／いります
are sentence structures formed by verbal predicates. They describe the permanent
condition or the state.
In all cases N1 is usually a human being or at least living object or personified object.
(The state needs more money. My cat understands me. The car dislikes dust.)
Sample sentences:

森さんはねこが好きです。  Ms Mori likes cats.

でも、犬がきらいです。 But she dislikes dogs.
マイケルはサッカーが得意です。 Michael is good at soccer.
ゴルフはお金と時間がいります。 For golfing you need money and time.
私は英語が下手です。 I am bad in English. My E. is poor.
あの犬はダンスができます。 That dog can dance.
この国はもっと水が必要です。 This nation needs more water.
彼は中国語が少しわかります。 He understands Chinese a little.

Quiz 1: Complete the sentences by using the following expressions:

    好きです／きらいです／得意です／ほしいです／必要です／上手です／
     下手です／できます／わかります／いります

  h for instance:
日本人は魚が
彼は漢字が
森さんはテニスが
私はお金が
隣の学生はこの問題が
ドイツ人はビールが 
あの方はお医者さんが
彼女は洗濯が
文法は練習が 
彼女は彼が
森さんは子どもが
日本へ行きます。何が

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1.2  Give and Receive あげる、もらう、くれる

Sample sentences:

マイケルはマリアに花をあげました。
Michael gave flowers to Maria.

マリアはマイケルに／から花をもらいました。
Maria received flowers from Michael.

マイケルは私にも花をくれました。
Michael gave also to me flowers.

The sample sentences show very clearly that there is one equivalent for the word
to receive namely the 強V もらう, but there are two equivalents for the verb to give
and these are the 弱V あげる andくれる.

1.2.1 Receive もらう

もらう describes the process in which the recipient (the topic and the acting person) is
getting something (the direct object) from another person. The ideal sentence structures of
this kind of action are:

 N1は  N2 に N3 を もらいます。

 N1は  N2 から N3 を もらいます。

As it is already illustrated in the sample sentence, N1 and N2 are mostly persons (Maria and
Michael) or at least animals, and N3 is a thing (flowers). But sentences like this nation gets
subsidy from other industrialized nations are also imaginable.
Sample sentences:
森さんはお父さんからプレゼントをもらいました。
Ms Mori got a present from her father.
ご主人は奥さんからお金をもらいます。
The husband will get money from his wife.
その赤いセーターはどなたにもらいましたか。 彼女にもらいました。
From whom did you get that red sweater? From my girlfriend.
この犬はいつも母からおいしい物をもらいます。
This dog gets always delicious things from my mother.

notice 1: Depending on the context, the nominal segments can be omitted or their
positions can be changed: お父さんからプレゼントをもらいました。or, for instance,
お父さんからもらいました。

notice 2: It is unusual to use the first person (i.e. I or me) in the N2 position unless
the sentence describes a conscious and distanced observation of the action in which the
speaking person himself is involved. So usually statements like
森さんは私からプレゼントをもらいました。 Ms Mori got a present from me (myself). sound egocentric. In a
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similar way people closely relating to you like parents, brothers and sisters, friends etc.
can hardly be used as N2.

1.2.2 Give あげる

あげる describes the process in which one person (the topic and the acting person) is
donating something (the direct object) to the recipient . The Kanji for あげる is 上げる, i.e. to
raise a thing to an upper position. So this word points out in a quite figurative way the
typical Japanese attitude that the counterpart is always in a higher position.
The ideal sentence structure of this kind of action is:
Å
 N1は  N2 に N3 を あげます。

Å
N1 and N2 are mostly persons and N3 is a thing (in the widest sense). But as it was
mentioned in the foregoing chapter, sentences with personified actors are also imaginable.
Although the original meaning of あげる is to raise, i.e. the recipient is in upper position,
you often hear statements like 犬にご飯をあげます。(to give something to eat to a dog.), or even
花に水をあげます。(to give water to the plants.)

Sample sentences:
彼は彼女にプレゼントをあげました。
He gave her a present.
奥さんはご主人にお金をあげます。 
The wife gives money to her husband.
その赤いセーターはどなたあげますか。 彼にあげます。
To whom are you going to give that red sweater? To my boyfriend.
母はいつもこの犬においしい物をあげます。
My mother is giving always delicious things to this dog.

1.2.3 Give (me) くれる

くれる is the central problem of this chapter. Like the verb あげる, this くれる also describes
the process in which one person (the topic and the acting person) is donating something
(the direct object) to the recipient. But the verb くれる has an additional meaning of giving
something to me (to the speaker) or to people closely relating to the speaker like relatives,
friends, colleagues or even to an animal that belongs to the speaker. (It is not clear whether
plants pertain to this circle.)
The ideal sentence structure of this kind of action is:

 N1は  N2 に N3 を くれます。

While the N2 position is reserved either for the speaker or the people and animals
connected with him, the holder of the N1 position always depends on the question who is
N2 ?.
If N2 is 私, we have no problems. Every human being, i.e. including all people of the
私 -sphere and even animals, (provided that these animals are able to perform the act of
giving e.g. The friendly ape gave me an apple.) can resume the position of N1 :
父は私に本をくれました。 My father gave me a book.
子どもは私にお菓子をくれます。 A child is going to give me sweets.

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森さんは私にプレゼントをくれません。 Ms Mori does not give me a present.

But if N2 is not 私, the position of N1 cannot be taken by people of the 私 –periphery.

In other words it is normally not possible to say 父は母に本をくれました。My father gave my
mother a book.
In such cases the giving person is getting automatically estranged, i.e. the father is
catapulted out of the intimate area of the speaker. Sentences like
父は母に本をくれました。兄は弟に本をくれました。友だちは父に本をくれました。
My father gave to my mother a book. My elder brother gave to my younger brother a book. My friend gave to my father a book.
always show latently the speaker’s strong connection to N2 and his alienation from N1.
Since N1 is the main acting person, it is very often marked with the subject particle が :

N1が  N2 に N3 を くれます。

More sample sentences with くれる:

先生が弟にお菓子をくれました。
The teacher gave sweets to my little brother.
森さんは父にプレゼントをくれました。
Ms Mori gave to my father a present.
彼女は私にねこをくれました。
She gave me a cat.
マリアに花をくれました。
Someone gave to (my) Maria flowers.

Quiz 2: Build sentences by using あげる、くれる or もらう:     

h for instance:
マリア 私   セーター くれる
彼   彼女  本    もらう
マリア 子ども お菓子  あげる
森さん 本田さん これ  もらう
父   私   お金   くれる
先生 マイケル 本    くれる
私   母   花    あげる
母   私   CD  くれる
友だち 私   ねこ   くれる
彼女  彼   ケーキ  あげる
森さん 私   時間   くれる
私   手紙
兄   弟   お菓子
その花 だれ  か。
友だち 何   か。

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1.3 to put on and to take off

Sample sentences:

マイケルはめがねをかけました。
Michael put on the glasses.

それからぼうしをかぶりました。
And then he put on a cap.

そして手袋をはめました。
And finally he put on the gloves.

In connection with things like clothing, accessories, and other items a person can wear,
carry by oneself, or take off, there are several special verbs in use. The three sample
sentences show that the action of wearing three different things めがね, ぼうし , and 手袋 is
also performed by three different verbs. (かける, はめる, and はめる). Particularly with regard
to the action of putting on but less of taking off things, there are fixed expressions.
A certain systematic relation between these actions and the articles of clothing or other
things a person can carry by oneself is evident:
着る shows the action of wearing articles of clothing often with sleeves which are worn in
a way of coating or infolding. The process of putting on often follows the direction
top down. Examples of such articles of clothing are shirts, suits, sweaters, coats,
dresses etc. (By the way the kimono 着物 means nothing but a thing to wear.)
Sample sentences with 着る:
マイケルはワイシャツを着ます。 Michael is going to put on a shirt.
それから、スーツを着ます。 Then he will put on a suit.
そして、コートを着ます。 Finally, he will put on a coat.

はく shows the action of wearing articles of clothing which are put on bottom-up. So it is
a curious scene if someone is saying ワイシャツをはきます。 (I am going to put over
my shirt.) Examples of articles of clothing which are used with はく are trousers,
skirts, briefs, socks, shoes etc.
Sample sentences with はく:
マリアはスカートをはきます。 Maria is going to put on a skirt.
それから、くつしたをはきます。 Then she will put on socks.
そして、くつをはきます。 Finally, she will put on shoes.

脱ぐ shows the action of undressing of all the articles of clothing relating to

both verbs 着る and はく.
Sample sentences with ぬぐ:
マイケルはコートをぬぎました。 Michael put off his coat.
それから、上着もぬぎました。 Then he also put off his jacket.
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そして、くつをぬぎました。 Finally, he put off his shoes.

more fixed expressions:

Other fixed expressions for clothing, accessories, and other items a person can wear,
carry by oneself, or take off are:

articles to wear to put off

眼鏡 (eyeglasses) かける はずす or とる
手袋 (gloves) はめる or する はずす or とる
ボタン (buttons) はめる or する はずす or とる
ネクタイ (neckties) しめる or する はずす or とる
アクセサリー(accessories) つける or する はずす or とる
ぼうし (hat,cap) かぶる ぬぐ   or とる
かさ (umbrellas) さす どじる

Quiz 3: Find the right verb for putting on and taking off for the following things:

セーターを... くつしたを... きものを... ワイシャツを...

ぼうしを... かさを... ズボンを... うわぎを...
ボタンを... ネクタイを... くつを... アクセサリーを...

Quiz 4: Build sentences by using 着る、はく、ぬぐ、はずす etc.

h for instance:
兄    シャツ  
それから ズボン
そして くつした くつ
姉   スカート
それから セーター
私   今朝   手袋 
彼   ときどき ネクタイ
マリア よく   アクセサリー
会社員 いつも  背広
先生  ぜんぜん ネクタイ
母   ぼうし
暑いです。コート
暑いです。手袋
暑いです。シャツのボタン

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雨が降ります。
雨が止みます。

2. Clock Time (part 2)

In lesson 8, chapter 4 we have learnt the hours. In this lesson the minutes will be
introduced.

Sample sentence:
今何時ですか。１１時３５分です。
What time is it now? It is eleven thirty-five.

As it was mentioned in lesson 8, the clock time is formed by using a number and its
classifier. Speaking about time in minutes 分 (ふん or ぷん ), we use the structure
number plus the suffix 分 (1分, 2分, 3分, 4分, 5分 etc.)
The combination of a number and the suffix 分 is subjected to regular changes in sound
caused by the overlap of syllables. (see lesson 6, chapter 2.1)
The usual pronunciation of 分 in the meaning of minute is ふん and the aberrations
(these are all minutes including the numbers 1,3,4,6,8, and 10) are pronounced regularly
as ぷん. In the following table the aberrations are written in bold:

 １分  いっぷん  1 minute

 ２分  にふん   2 minutes
 ３分  さんぷん  3 minutes
 ４分  よんぷん  4 minutes
 ５分  ごふん   5 minutes
 ６分  ろっぷん  6 minutes
 ７分  ななふん  7 minutes
 ８分  はっぷん  8 minutes
 ９分  きゅうふん 9 minutes
１０分  じゅっぷん     10 minutes
１１分  じゅっいっぷん   11 minutes
１２分  じゅうにふん  12 minutes
１３分  じゅうさんぷん 13 minutes
１４分  じゅうよんぷん  14 minutes
１５分  じゅうごふん    15 minutes
........
2０分  にじゅっぷん     20 minutes
３０分  にじゅっぷん     30 minutes
４０分  よんじゅっぷん    30 minutes
５０分  ごじゅっぷん     50 minutes 9

６０分  ろくじゅっぷん    60 minutes

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notice 1:
The expression for half past (hour) is the suffix ∼半 (∼はん). E.g. 12:30 is
１２時半(じゅうにじはん).
But there are no expressions in Japanese for a quarter of an hour.

notice 2:
The exceeded hour past is expressed in Japanese by the suffix ∼過ぎ (∼すぎ). E.g. 12:05 is
１２時５分過ぎ(じゅうにじごふんすぎ). But normally it is not necessary to mark the exceeded
minutes explicitly with a 過ぎ, because clock times like １２時５分(じゅうにじごふん) mean
already the overrunning of the hour. Further the use of 過ぎ is limited to approximately 15
minutes.
I.e. 12:13 is either １２時１３分(じゅうにじじゅうさんぷん) or rare but not wrong version
１２時１３分過ぎ (じゅうにじじゅうさんぷんすぎ, while 12:20 is １２時２０分(じゅうにじにじゅっぷん), but
never １２時２０分過ぎ(じゅうにじにじゅっぷんすぎ).

notice 3:
The not yet reached hour to is expressed by the suffix ∼前 (∼まえ). E.g. five minutes to
twelve is １２時５分前(じゅうにじごふんまえ). This ∼前 as an indication for the not yet reached
hour is definitely required.
Further, the use of this expression is also limited to approximately 15 minutes.
I.e. 11:47 can be presented as １２時１３分前(じゅうにじじゅうさんぷんまえ thirteen minutes to
twelve), while 11:40 cannot be described as １２時２０分前(じゅうにじにじゅっぷんまえ). It can be
only described as １１時４０分 (過ぎ) (じゅういちじよんじゅっぷん(すぎ)).

notice 4:
The interrogative for the minutes is 何分(なんぷん). The approximate time is (still) ∼ごろ.

Quiz 5: Answer the question 今何時ですか。

h
09:05
08:55
08:30
10:10
10:15
10:33
10:45
11:11
11:28
11:30
11:44
11:48
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12:16

Quiz 6: Answer the question by using the minutes.

h
今何時何分ですか。
今朝何時何分に起きましたか。
授業は何時何分に始まりますか。
何時何分に寝ましたか。
電車は何時ごろ駅に着きますか。
この授業は何時頃までですか。
学食は何時から何時までですか。
週末は何時ごろ起きますか。

3. The Space of Time

The general difference between the point in time and the space of time was already
mentioned in lesson...
While points in time are usually marked by the particle に, the spaces of time in normal
use are often in an adverbial position and they are not marked by any particles.
In Japanese all words referring to the space of time like 2000 years, three months, ten
weeks, four days, eight hours, five minutes etc. can be used together with the suffix ∼間
(∼かん). This Kanji read in kun as あいだ means the space, in both local and temporal
senses. In most of the expressions referring to the space of time this suffix is omitted. Only
the specification of the hour ∼時間 (∼じかん) and the specification of the week ∼週間
(∼しゅうかん) should always be used together with ∼間.

3.1 The space of time ∼時間

The hour as space of time is formed by using a number and the classifier ∼時間 (∼じかん).
In the following table the systematical aberrations of the pronunciation of the hours
in respect of the numbers 4,7, and 9 (14,17,19,24,27,29 etc.) are written in bold:

  １時間 いちじかん 1 hour
  ２時間 にじかん 2 hours
  ３時間 さんじかん 3 hours
  ４時間 よじかん 4 hours
  ５時間 ごじかん  5 hours
  ６時間 ろくじかん  6 hours
  ７時間 ななじかん／しちじかん 7 hours
８時間 はちじかん  8 hours
  ９時間 くじかん 9 hours
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 １０時間 じゅうじかん  10 hours
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notice 1:
The interrogative for the hour (how many hours) is the 何時間 (なんじかん).

notice 2:
In order to give the approximate time in hours, we use the prefix 約∼ or the suffix
∼ぐらい, e.g. 約１００時間 or １００時間ぐらい.

notice 3:
For the half an hour the expression 半 (はん) is used as a suffix to 時間 . So ２時間半 means
two and a half hours, １４時間半 means fourteen and a half hours.  
As a synonym for 30 minutes (see next chapter) you sometimes hear the expression 半時間
(はんじかん half- hour). The pronunciation of this word is confusing because of the
quite similar pronunciation of three hours: ３時間(さんじかん).

Quiz 7: Read the following hours:

h
３時間
７時間
６時間
２４時間
４８時間
５５時間
１００時間
約３時間
約半時間
９時間半

Quiz 8: Answer the question by using the hours.

h
いつも何時間寝ますか。
週末は何時間ぐらい寝ますか。
何時間ぐらい勉強をしますか。
大学の授業は約何時間ですか。
試験は何時間でしたか。
ここからカナダまで何時間ですか。
この授業は何時ですか。

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3.2 Space of time ∼分（間）

To indicate the minute ∼分 (∼ふん／∼ぷん) as space of time, it is not necessary to use
the suffix ∼分間 (∼ふんかん／∼ぷんかん). The ending ∼分 alone means already the length
of minutes.
In the following table the aberrations of the pronunciation of minutes involving numbers
1,3,4,6, 8, and 10 (also 11,13,14,16,18,20 etc.) are written in bold:

  １分（間） いっぷん（かん） 1 minute
  ２分（間） にふん（かん） 2 minutes
  ３分（間） さんぷん（かん） 3 minutes
  ４分（間） よんぷん（かん） 4 minutes
  ５分（間） ごふん（かん） 5 minutes
  ６分（間） ろっぷん（かん） 6 minutes
  ７分（間） ななふん（かん）  7 minutes
８分（間） はっぷん（かん） 8 minutes
  ９分（間） きゅうふん（かん）  9 minutes
 １０分（間） じゅっぷん（かん） 10 minutes
 
 

notice 1:
The combination of hour and minute is easily made by using the structure
number時間 + number分 like ２時間１５分 (にじかんじゅうごふん two hours and fifteen minutes).

notice 2:
The interrogative for the minute (how many minutes) is 何分(間) (なんぷん(かん)).

notice 3:
In order to give an approximate time in minutes, we add the prefix 約∼ or the suffix
∼ぐらい, e.g. 約１００分 or １００分ぐらい.

notice 4:
The number of minutes exceeding 60 is often replaced by the next higher unit, i.e.
the hour. So the space of time１時間４０分 (one hour and 40 minutes) is at any rate more
popular than １００分 (hundred minutes).

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Quiz 9: Read the following minutes :

h
２分
３分
１分
８分
１７分
６０分
６分
２８分
５５分
３４分
３６分
４１分
１０分

Quiz 10: Read the following combination of hours and minutes as space of time:
h
３時間半
７時間２０分
６時間５５分
１時間１３分
２時間４８分
３時間１４分
１００時間１分
約３時間４０分

Quiz 11: Answer the questions by using the hours and minutes.
h
いつも何時間寝ますか。
何分間ぐらい朝ご飯を食べますか。
大学の授業は約何分ですか。
試験は何分でしたか。
家からここまで何分ですか。
ここからケルンまで何分ですか。
昨日何分ぐらい電話をしましたか。
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4. The Numbers (part 3)

In lesson 4 and 5 we have learnt the basics of the Japanese numbers. This chapter deals
with numbers consisting of up to nine digits (999 millions). Since the Japanese currency,
the so-called Yen (the latinized symbol of yen is ￥, the Kanji is 円 , the pronunciation えん)
has no fractional currency like cents, centimes or pence often valued at 1⁄100 of the main
currency. Thus relatively high numbers are commonly used. (Almost all Japanese are
multimillionaires!) :

4.1 The numbers up to 999,999,999,999

1 一  いち
10 十  じゅう
100 百  ひゃく
1,000 千  せん
10,000 万  まん  (or 一万 いちまん)

100,000 十万 じゅうまん
1,000,000 百万 ひゃくまん
10,000,000 千万 せんまん  (or 一千万 いっせんまん)
100,000,000 億  おく    (or 一億 いちおく)

This line-up of the Japanese numbers up to hundred million makes it clear that there
is a special denotation for the number ten thousand which is called 万 (まん) or more
precisely 一万 (いちまん). Unfortunately, it is not like in Western languages where a simple
ten-fold increase of the thousand should have allowed to produce a number like 十千
(じゅうせん). Such word does not exist! In Japanese10,000 is not a10 x 1,000 but a 1 x
10,000 (一万). The consequence of this difference in denotation for the five digit numbers in
comparison with Western languages is that the Japanese version of numbers has a
complete displacement of the naming for further digits: 100,000 is not 100x1,000 but 10x
10,000 (十万) and a million is a 100x 10,000 (百万), ten millions are 1,000x 10,000 (千万)etc.
While Western languages have a special name for the seven digit numbers ( it is a million),
Japanese seven digit numbers still remain to be the hundredfold multiplication of 万.
Only after it has reached the nine digit numbers a new name appears in the Japanese
numerical series: Instead of an absurdity like 万 万 we have the number 億(おく) or more
precisely 一億 (one hundred million).
(By the way one billion 1,000,000,000 is 十億,,and one trillion 1,000,000,000,000 is
一兆 (いっちょう) which is still a part of the Japanese daily life within the scope of, for
instance, the national finances.)

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4.2 Changes in sound of 百 and 千

Coming back to the less astronomical numbers of hundreds 百 (ひゃく) and thousands
千 (せん), it is important to notice that they are subjected to regular changes in sound
caused by the overlap of syllables.
In the following table the aberrations are written in bold:

 百 ひゃく 100 千 せん 1,000

二百 にひゃく 200 二千 にせん 2,000
三百 さんびゃく 300 三千 さんぜん 3,000
四百 よんひゃく 400 四千 よんせん 4,000
五百 ごひゃく 500 五千 ごせん 5,000
六百 ろっぴゃく 600 六千 ろくせん 6,000
七百 ななひゃく 700 七千 ななせん 7,000
八百 はっぴゃく 800 八千 はっせん 8,000
九百 きゅうひゃく 900 九千 きゅうせん 9,000

4.3 Currencies 円￥、ドル＄、ユーロ¤

The three currencies Japanese Yen, U.S. Dollar, and Euro are:

￥ ＝  円 (えん) (sometimes the designation 日本円

  にっぽんえん or にほんえん is used)
＄ ＝ ドル (for U.S. Dollar the designation 米ドル (べいドル) is also used)

¤ ＝ ユーロ
The names of the currencies are of course nouns.
今日本円が安いです。 In the moment the Japanese Yen is cheap.
カメラをドルで買いました。 I paid for a camera in Dollars.
The combination of a number and the name of a currency (amount of money) is
treated like all other combinations of a number and a classifier (numeral):
この上着は28,000円でした。 This jacket was ￥28,000.
１ユーロは今日約149円です。 Today one Euro is approximately 149 Yen.
100円のライター a one hundred Yen lighter
The interrogative for the amount of money is いくら or 何 plus a currency,
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e.g. 何円, 何ドル, or 何ユーロ.

Quiz 10: Read the following numbers:

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１００
２００
３００
５００
１２３
６６０
８００
７４０
３７７
９９９
８４４
１,０００
３,０００
８,０００
８,８８８
３,３３３
１５,０００
９,６００
５５,５５５
３３,３３３
２１,８００
７３,１２３
７００,０００
１２３,４５６
９９９,９００
１,０００,０００
３,０００,０００
６,０００,０００
１０,０００,０００
３３,０００,０００
８８,０００,０００
１００,０００,０００

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Quiz 11: Read the following combination of numbers and numerals:

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百人
百本
１５１人
２００台
５５０番
５５０冊
百円
百ドル
百ユーロ
１２０ドル
１,２００円
９９９円
３３５ドル
二千ユーロ
１,３３３ユーロ
百五十本
３００時間
１６,０００人
２,０００円
１１,０００円
１２,０００円
１００,０００円
３５０,０００円

Quiz 12: Answer the questions.

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学食のご飯はいくらですか。
コーヒーや水はいくらぐらいですか。
アパートは何ユーロですか。
そのシャツはいくらでしたか。
今いくらぐらいお金を持っていますか。
一番好きな車は何ユーロぐらいですか。

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