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guldo

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21 Jun 2004
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Hello.
I wonder if you could help with this issue...
I've learnt that you can count months/days duration like this:
"I've been there for one month/day"
そこには『一カ月/いちにち』いた。
but recently I incurred into other forms I hadn't heard of before:
ひと月(ひとつき)and 三日(みっか)for example.
I know that the latter usually indicates the third day of the month, not a three days period (so I used to think...)

So:
is there any difference between 一カ月 and ひと月 ?
and what about みっか and さんにち ?
is ついたち used in place of いちにち, too?

And what about the year?
When you say "(it took) one year", you use いちねん or いちねんかん ?

Thank you :)
 
Konnichiwa guldo-san!

So:
is there any difference between 一カ月 and ひと月 ?
and what about みっか and さんにち ?
is ついたち used in place of いちにち, too?

It is a difference of way to count, and is same meaning.

"I've been there for one month"
わたしは一ヶ月/一月(ひとつき)滞在した

"I've been there for one day"
わたしは一日(いちにち)滞在した
in this case, you can not say "わたしは一日(ついたち)滞在した".

一日(ついたち) is used for a date.
"the 1st of August"
八月一日(ついたち)

But the plural can use for date and count.
"I've been there for three days"
わたしは三日(さんにち)/三日(みっか)滞在した

And what about the year?
When you say "(it took) one year", you use いちねん or いちねんかん ?

Both are no problem. 😌

NANGI
 
NANGI said:
Konnichiwa guldo-san!



It is a difference of way to count, and is same meaning.

"I've been there for one month"
わたしは一ヶ月/一月(ひとつき)滞在した
I thought hito tsuki was January -- the first month. Is it both? :?
 
Elizabeth said:
I thought hito tsuki was January -- the first month. Is it both? :?
一月 is January - but I think that's only いちがつ if it's January.

If you look at WWWJDIC for example
一月 【いちがつ】 (n-adv) January; (P)
一月; ひと月 【ひとつき; いちげつ(一月)】 one month
 
Thank you all for the explanations 👍
... but ...
why this little katakana "ke": ヶ :eek:
I guess it's some sort of symbol, such as the one used to repeat a given kanji: 々
Is it used just for 一カ月 or not?

Thank you very much :sorry:
 
guldo said:
why this little katakana "ke": ヶ :eek:
I guess it's some sort of symbol
Is it used just for 一カ月 or not?
This is a bit tricky, but basically you can have

一ヶ月
一箇月
一ヵ月
一か月
一カ月
一個月
OR
一ケ月

They are all いっかげつ
and they all mean the same thing. 😌
 
PaulTB said:
[...]
They are all いっかげつ
and they all mean the same thing. 😌
:mad:
WHY, for amaterasu's sake?!?
:(

oh, 1 more: you even say
わたしは「みっかかん」滞在した。
:?
 
guldo said:
:mad:
WHY, for amaterasu's sake?!?

Well 箇 and 個 came first I think. 箇 being the more usual.
The little ヶis actually from one of the two on top of the kanji. So ヶ and ケ represent the look of 箇 (in simplified form) while ヵ か and カ represent the sound of 箇.
 
Konnichiwa guldo-san!

oh, 1 more: you even say
わたしは「みっかかん」滞在した。 :?

「みっかかん」 is good!

you can say...
"I've been there for three days"
わたしは三日間(みっかかん/さんにちかん)滞在した
But usually Japanese say "みっかかん" but not "さんにちかん". 😊

NANGI
 
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