Flower Tsuba
Flower Tsuba
How do you count flowers in Japanese?
I seem to recall it was something like ichirin — is rin the counter for flowers? And, flowers together what do you call it tsuba?
束 花束？ taba…that is what I want to say
Yes, you are correct. We count flowers ichi-rin, ni-rin, san-rin….
Flowers together are counted “taba”. In English it would be like batch or bundle.
But, here’s some tricky thing about counting in Japanese. You don’t say ichi-taba, ni-taba….(people would understand what you want to mean…) You count hito-taba, futa-taba, mi-taba (or san-taba) and the rest are as you know, yon, go, roku…
I don’t know if there is logical rule whether you say ichi, ni, san or hito, futa, mi….I give you some examples where you use hito, futa, mi.
Counting people: hito-ri, futa-ri, san-nin, yo-nin (I just realize you don’t say mi-ri…)
Counting length by fathoms: hito-hiro, futa-hiro, mi-hiro, yon-hiro, go-hiro…
Counting by handful: hito-tsukami, futa-tsukami, mi-tsukami(or san tsukami) yon-tsukami….
Counting pieces: hito-tsu, futa-tsu, mi-ttsu (yes, double T) yo-ttsu, itsu-tsu, mu-ttsu, nana-tsu, ya-ttsu, kokono-tsu, too (toh) you don’t add tsu when you count 10.
It is complicated, but don’t worry. Many native Japanese make mistake how to count too. :p
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