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  • March 2, 2012 at 12:28 pm #27280

    Dre2Dee2
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    Hey guys,

    I was looking at the kanji sentence deck for anki, and came across this – 七人

    I thought it was ななり , but it shows the correct answer is しちにん

    Why is 人 にん when 1 and 2 both use り? And why does 七 become しち when in the kanji page, it shows ななつ as the counting example.

    Help! I’m very confused! :)

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    March 2, 2012 at 1:04 pm #27284

    Joel
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    一人 and 二人 are the only exceptions for the 人 counter – for every other number, it’s read as にん. 七 can be read as both なな and しち – and I’m pretty sure it’s しち more often than not. For more information, check out Tofugu’s shiny new counters guide: http://www.tofugu.com/guides/japanese-counters-guide/

    March 2, 2012 at 4:30 pm #27285

    Dre2Dee2
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    Oh sweet! That looks like a great page. Thanks! (o’-')b

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