Japanese Language is Fun! - Lesson 11.2

 Continued from Lesson 11.1; we are still in the chapter of "How Many". As for item/object; there are 3 types of questions depending on the size of the item itself.

IKUTSU for small item(s) *in Bahasa ~ berapa biji/batang

NAN-DAI for bigger item(s), machine/gadget *in Bahasa ~ berapa biji/buah

NAN-MAI for piece(s) *in Bahasa ~ berapa helai/keping

How many	Ikutsu e.g borupen, isu, kaban, ringo, mikan, tamago, heya, nimotsu	Nan-dai e.g terebi, raji-o, keitai, kompyuta, pasokon, kuruma, jitensya, kamera	Nan-mai e.g CD, fuku, shatsu, fuutou, syashin, kippu, kitte, kami, hagaki
1 – ichi	Hitotsu	ichi - dai	ichi - mai
2 – ni	Futatsu	ni - dai	ni - mai
3 – san	Mitsu	san - dai	san - mai
4 – yon / shi	Yotsu	yon - dai	yon - mai
5 – go	Itsutsu	go - dai	go - mai
6 – roku	Mutsu	roku - dai	roku - mai
7 – nana / shichi	Nanatsu	nana - dai	nana - mai
8 – hachi	Yatsu	hachi - dai	hachi - mai
9 – kyu / ku	Kokonotsu	kyu - dai	kyu - mai
10 – ju	Too	ju - dai	ju - mai

with additional Place

PLACE ni OBJECT ga amount arimasu ka
Daigaku ni kompyuta ga nan-dai arimasu ka... How many computer the university has?

Daigaku ni kompyuta ga hyaku-dai arimasu... University has 100 computer

*in Bahasa ~ 100 biji/buah komputer

with additional Verb

OBJECT o amount VERB **verb must past tense
Kippu o nan-mai kaimashita ka... How many ticket you bought?

Kippu o ju-mai kaimashita... I bought 10 tickets

*in Bahasa ~ 10 keping tiket

Ringo o ikutsu tabemashita ka... How many apple you ate?

Ringo o yotsu tabemashita... I ate 4 apples

*in Bahasa ~  4 biji epal