Page 292 - Basic Japanese

ip-pēji 1 page
it-tō 1 animal

it-tsū 1 letter

it-chaku 1 suit

is-sai 1 year old

ik-ken 1 building
hap-pēji 8 pages

hat-tō 8 animals

hat-tsū 8 letters

hat-chaku 8 suits

has-sai 8 years old
hak-ken 8 buildings

2. The numeral jū is usually replaced by jup before p, jut

before t or ch, jus before s or sh, juk before k. Some
speakers use jip-, jit-, jis-, and jik- instead of the forms

with the vowel u.

jup-pēji 10 pages

jut-tō 10 animals
jut-tsū 10 letters

jut-chaku 10 suits

jus-sai 10 years old

juk-ken 10 buildings

3. The numerals san and yon and the element nan- ‘which,

how many’ are pronounced as sam-, yom-, nam- before b,
p, or m to assimilate the place of articulation. In this

book, they are still written with ‘n’ instead of ‘m.’ So,
san-pēji ‘3 pages’ will pronounced as sam-pēji. This