A1: Use numbers, ages and prices

A1 Course

数字・年齢・値段

Beginner
~40 min

I can understand basic numbers, state an age, and ask or understand a simple price.

Can-do goal

I can understand basic numbers, state an age, and ask or understand a simple price.

十一 is ten-one, 二十 is two-ten, and 二十一 is two-ten-one.

300 さんびゃく, 600 ろっぴゃく, 800 はっぴゃく. Four, seven and nine have context-dependent readings.

なんさいですか。 can be sensitive with adults.
これはいくらですか。
せんえんです。

Read three prices, ask two prices and complete a short payment exchange.

Open the kana only when you need help reading the lesson's core Japanese.

Model dialogue Show kana

きゃく：これはいくらですか。てんいん：せんにひゃくえんです。きゃく：ふたつください。

Target sentence Show kana

ふたつください。

Meaning: State an age, price or quantity politely.

Build it: number + appropriate counter + です

When to use it: Choose the counter that matches what is counted.

二十歳です。

Reading help · よみかた

はたちです。

I am twenty years old.

Watch out: Use です, not あります, to state your age.