Counting money when you go shopping
Content: Counting money when you go shopping, the “Ya” (Ya, Yu, Yo) line of Katakana.
Aim: How do I ask for a price in Japanese?
New Vocabulary:
Japanese | Romaji | English |
おかね | okane | money |
えん | en | yen |
ユーロ | Yuuro | Euro |
ドル | doru | dollar |
アメリカ | Amerika | America |
スペイン | Supein | Spain |
いくら | Ikura | How much |
てんいん | Ten-in | Store clerk |
てぶくろ | tebukuro | gloves |
ください | kudasai | Give me, please |
あか（い） | Aka (i) | red |
だいたい | daitai | About, approximately |
Larger numbers:
100 | hyaku | 1000 | sen |
200 | Ni hyaku (2x100) | 2000 | Ni sen (2x1000) |
300 | San byaku (3x100) | 3000 | San zen (3 x1000) |
400 | Yon hyaku (4x100) | 4000 | Yon sen |
500 | Go hyaku (5x100) | 5000 | Go sen |
600 | Ro ppyaku (6x100) | 6000 | Roku sen |
700 | Nana hyaku (7x100) | 7000 | Nana sen |
800 | Happyaku (8x100) | 8000 | hassen |
900 | Kyuu hyaku (9x100) | 9000 | Kyuu sen |
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| 10000 | Ichi man (1 x 10000) |
Sample Sentences:
At a clothing store
アナ：このてぶくろはいくらですか？(How much are these gloves?)
Ana: Kono tebukuro wa ikura desuka?
てんいん：1500えんです。(It is 1500 yen.)
Ten in: Sen go hyaku en desu.
アナ：あのあかいてぶくろはいくらですか？(How much are those red gloves?)
Ana: Ano akai tebukuro wa ikura desuka?
てんいん：1850えんです。(It is 1850 yen.)
Ten in: Sen happyaku gojuu en desu.
アナ：それじゃ、あのあかいてぶくろをください。(Then, please give me those red gloves.)
Ana: Sorejaa, ano akai tebukuro o kudasai.
てんいん：はい、ありがとうございます。(Yes, thank you.)
Ten in: Hai, arigatoo gozaimasu.
にほんのおかねはえんです。(Japanese money is yen.)
Nihon no okane wa en desu.
スペインのおかねはユーロです。(Spanish money is Euro.)
Supein no okane wa yuuro desu.
1500えんはだいたい11ユーロです。(1500 yen is approximately 11 euros.)
Sen go hyaku en wa daitai juuichi yuuro desu.
1500えんはアメリカで15ドルです。(It is 15 dollars in America.)
Sen go hyaku en wa Amerika de jugo doru desu.
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Mini-quiz:
Say how much they are in Japanese.
230えん
500 Euros
80 dollars
13800えん
(Answers: ni hyaku sanjuu en, gohyaku yuuro, hachijuu doru, ichi man san zen happyaku en)
Writing Practice: Katakana (ya, yu, yo):
