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Military Japanese
| Kore wa dare no desu ka | Whose is this? |
| Sore wa watakushi no desu | That is mine. |
| Kono teppō wa dare no desu ka | Whose rifle is this? |
| Watakushi no desu | It is mine. |
| Sore wa doko desu ka | Where is that? |
| Sono butai wa doko desu ka | Where is that unit? |
| Koko wa doko desu ka | Where is this? |
| Asoko wa doko desu ka | Where is that place? |
| Ikutsu tabemasu ka | How many do (will) you eat? |
| Mittsu tabemasu | I eat three. |
| Jūshi tabemasu | I eat fourteen. |
| Nanatsu tabemasu | I eat seven. |
| Jūgo tabemasu. | I eat fifteen. |
6. Exercises in numbers:
a.
| muttsu | 6 |
| nanatsu | 7 |
| yottsu | 4 |
| kokonotsu | 9 |
| futatsu | 2 |
| roku | 6 |
| shi | 4 |
| go | 5 |
| jūichi | 11 |
| jūsan | 13 |
| jūhachi | 18 |
| nijū | 20 |
| nijūgo | 25 |
| sanjūni | 32 |
| rokujūku | 69 |
| hachijūsan | 83 |
| hyakusanjū | 130 |
| sanbyaku | 300 |
| rokujūkuman | 690,000 |
| gosenshihyaku | 5,400 |
| sanman | 30,000 |
| hyakuman | 1,000,000 |
b. Read the following in Japanese:
- 05
- 11
- 16
- 24
- 40
- 48
- 61
- 68
- 83
- 99
- 0,100
- 0,111
- 0,234
- 0,776
- 8,832
- 05,555
- 05,478
- 66,669
- 98,671
- 99,999
If one wants to be sure of the accuracy of any numbers involved, write the Arabic numerals, as every Japanese knows them.
c. Exercises:
| Bangō | Count off! |
| Ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, shichi, hachi | One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. |
