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Sparky
Dec 22, 2006, 09:17
Japanese has a ton of different counters.

1 car = kurama 1(ichi) "dai"
1 person = Hitori
2 people = futari
3 Pepole = 3(san) nin
there are Hundreds of diferent counters in Japanese.

So here is a table to help you.
http://japanlinked.com/about_japan/learning_japanese_counters.html
Even Japanese have found this helpful for remembering some of them!
Good luck everyone don't give up!

J44xm
Dec 25, 2006, 23:04
Thanks for the great link! Looks pretty useful, if not wholly overwhelming.