M mackeyboy_style Registered Joined 6 Dec 2016 Messages 1 Reaction score 0 6 Dec 2016 #1 What is the particle used for traditional numerals (mittsu, itsutsu, kokonotsu,etc)? The question went something like: mittsu ___ hyakunen desu. The translation was 3 pieces cost 100 yen. What particle should be used here?
What is the particle used for traditional numerals (mittsu, itsutsu, kokonotsu,etc)? The question went something like: mittsu ___ hyakunen desu. The translation was 3 pieces cost 100 yen. What particle should be used here?
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 6 Dec 2016 #2 Mittsu de hyakuen (not "hyakunen"). The choice of particle has nothing to do with the use of traditional numbers, by the way. It would be the same no matter how you count. Sanbon (3本) de hyakuen Gomai (5枚) de hyakuen Zenbu (全部) de hyakuen. The important point is the function of "de" in this usage. It indicates that the number of things before is treated as a single unit.
Mittsu de hyakuen (not "hyakunen"). The choice of particle has nothing to do with the use of traditional numbers, by the way. It would be the same no matter how you count. Sanbon (3本) de hyakuen Gomai (5枚) de hyakuen Zenbu (全部) de hyakuen. The important point is the function of "de" in this usage. It indicates that the number of things before is treated as a single unit.