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At the Post Office (3)

Dialogue 

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Grammar

Particles

(a) O --- object marker
The particle "o" is placed after a noun, and indicates that the noun is the object.

Hagaki o kudasai. 
はがきをください。		 Please give me a postcard.
Ringo o tabemashita.
 りんごを食べました。 		I ate an apple.

(b) Ne --- conformation
The particle "ne" comes at the end of a sentence or phrase. It is similar to the English expression, "you see?" or " isn't it?". It calls for the listener to agree with or confirm what the speaker has said.

Kanada desu ne. 
カナダですね。 		 It is for Canada, isn't it?
Atsui desu ne.
 暑いですね。 		It is hot, isn't it?

Numbers

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0 zero/rei 1 ichi
2 ni 3 san
4 shi/yon 5 go
6 roku 7 shichi/nana
8 hachi 9 ku/kyuu
10 juu    

To form numbers from 11~19, start with "juu" (10) and then add the number you need.

11 (10+1) juu-ichi
12 (10+2) juu-ni
13 (10+3) juu-san
19 (10+9) juu-ku

Twenty is "nijuu" (2X10) and for twenty one, just add one.

20  nijuu 30 sanjuu 40 yonjuu
21 nijuu-ichi 31 sanjuu-ichi 41 yonjuu-ichi
22 nijuu-ni 32 sanjuu-ni 42 yonjuu-ni

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