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(2023) ÈÇÓ×ÅÍÈÅ ßÇÛÊΠ| ßÇÛÊÈ ÂÎÑÒÎÊÀ | ßÏÎÍÑÊÈÉ III/416 |
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Languages Study | Languages of the East | Japanese III |
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ÀÓÄÈÎ 416 | GRAMMAR II - 14.05 : Number + mo / Number + shika + negative |
| Grammar II - 14.05 | Grammar L4 - 007 | Menu - Grammar |
| Number + も / Number + しか + negative | |
| Number + mo / Number + shika + negative | |
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Let us recall what the basic structure for expressing numbers is like in Japanese. |
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| noun ka + number noun wo [o] + number |
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| 私のうちには猫が三匹います。 | There are three cats in our house. |
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watashi-no uchi-ni-wa neko-ga san-biki imasu. |
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| 傘を三本買いました。 | We bought three umbrellas. |
| kasa-o san-bon imashita. | |
| You can add も to the number word, when you want to say "as many as" | |
| 私の母は猫を三匹も飼っています。 | My mother owns three, count them, three cats. |
| watashi-no haha-wa neko-o san-biki-mo katteimasu. | |
| きのうのパーティーには 学生が二十人も来ました。 |
As many as twenty students showed up at the party yesterday. |
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kino-no paatii-ni-wa |
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You can add しか - shika (only) to the number word and turn the predicate into a negative when you want to say "as few as" or "only" |
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| 私は日本語のじしょを 一冊しかもっていません。 |
I have only one Japanese dictionary. |
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watashi-wa nihongo-no jisho-o |
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| この会社にはコンピューターが 二台しかありません。 |
There are only two computers in this company. |
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kono kaisha-ni-wa konpyuutaa-ga |