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Old 05-24-2008, 12:58 AM   #1
dalen7
 
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Counting to 10 in Japanese (Inconsistent)

O.k. -
When we count to Japanese I notice that its different then most of what I have found on the internet.

First let me write how I understand it to be - and then the differences that we have with pronunciation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4d6S...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0hsB...eature=related
(The above are basically the same which correspond to a written explanation I had of it...which I modified slightly below)

1 - ichi | 'ee' chee
2 - ni | knee
3 - san | sahn
4 - shi | chee
5 - go
6 - roku
7 - shichi | shee chee
8 - hachi | hatch ee
9 - kyu | q
10 - ju

The difference is that we say:
1 - ich (eech) without the 'i' at the end
6 - rok (long 'o') without the 'u' at the end
7 - hard to understand them, but it sounds like chee most the time without shi at the beginning
8 - hach (hah tch) without the 'i'

Now my question is are we wrong...or is their more than one way to go about saying the numbers in Japanese?

The video below the lady says: 'ich' as well - but if you notice toward the end of the video when she is saying 31 (I believe it is), she says itchi (with they 'i' or 'y' at the end)
- Now her youttube clip is more professional than the above two, but it has apparent inconsistencies in it if you pay attention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF39q...eature=related

Anyway - if its hard to get through my rambling watch and compare the youtube clips which basically make the point.

Hard to learn to count to 10 when there are so many different ways people are showing to do it.

Peace

dAlen
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