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てもいい + a counter?
I still can't get my head around how I am supposed to place the counters.
According to my textbook (which of course may have oversimplified some things), there are two possibilities: counter + の + ...
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Structure: thing を numeral (or numeral and counter) ください
My first question is, are counters always required when counting things? Can't I just slap a number in front of the noun? For example,「いちりんご」for one apple?
Secondly, in Lesson 5 of the Japanese For ...
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Is repetition of words in questions, such as the 番 in 電話番号は何番ですか common in Japanese?
In this other question, the answers say that 電話{でんわ}番号{ばんごう}は何番ですか is a common way of asking for someones number. I was thrown off by the repitition of 番, but the answers say it's commonly used. So ...
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Common ways of asking for someones phone number
I saw somewhere today that [電話]{でんわ}[番号]{ばんごう}は何番ですか is used to ask for someone's phone number. It seemed strange to me since I usually hear it as [電話]{でんわ}[番号]{ばんごう}何ですか, and also because the literal ...
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How do you indicate sections in a report if there are more than 5? (まず、つぎに、さらに、そして、最後に)
If you need to indicate more sections in a report than five (beginning each section with 「まず」、「つぎに」、「さらに」、「そして」、「最後に」 respectively), what word(s) should you use to indicate the start of the additional ...
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Are ～つ and ～り the only two counters that can occur with the native Japanese numbers (ひと～, ふた～, etc)?
Please go easy on me if this seems too basic and obvious, I'm a beginner.
I always had the impression that there were counters that went with the native Japanese numbers and counters that went with ...
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Is みんな being used as a "counter"?
This is from Minna no Nihongo Chapter 15. It's a description of Santa Claus.
でも世界の子供はみんな私を知っています。
みんな seems like a counter of sorts (I don't know how else to describe it) for 世界の子供. I always ...
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Do we use odd day pronunciations outside of calendar ranges?
After reading @jkerian's comment in this post, I started thinking about this. Here's the comment in full:
On a side note, all days ending in '4' are also irregular, and use ~よっか. So the 14th is じゅう・...
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