Two questions: for X months & Ikura deshou ka?

I have two questions I thought I'd put in one thread, one of them came up recently in a conversation w/ some native Japanese, another I've been mulling over for some time...

First, when indicating a length of time, say, "I lived in Japan for 6 months..."

boku wa nihon ni rokukkagetsu sunde imashita

Is this correct?

Also, telling someone the cost of something, this happened the other day at my store, I knew how to count in Japanese, well enough, but I knew that what I was saying wasn't quite right for say, a price like $13.92...

Now this may be different, because all denominations in Japan are in en, so... does anyone have any insight on this... I found it difficult to say something like jusan dollars to... something cents... I seemed to be understood, but getting across the change was a challange!

Probably an isolated incident, as this isn't how things are priced in Japan, but I felt a little bit lost nonetheless.

thanks!

yukio_michael said:

I have two questions I thought I'd put in one thread, one of them came up recently in a conversation w/ some native Japanese, another I've been mulling over for some time...

First, when indicating a length of time, say, "I lived in Japan for 6 months..."

boku wa nihon ni rokukkagetsu sunde imashita

Is this correct?

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Yes, "~month" is "~kagetsu".
In case of 6, it should be rokkagetsu, not rokukkagetsu, though.
To express duration 間 kan is used, but you can omit it, except week.
e.g.
アメリカに三年（間）住んでいました。
サンフランシスコで６ヶ月（間）働きました。
ロサンゼルスには３週間だけいました。
ボストンにも行きました。３日（間）滞在しました。

yukio_michael said:

Also, telling someone the cost of something, this happened the other day at my store, I knew how to count in Japanese, well enough, but I knew that what I was saying wasn't quite right for say, a price like $13.92...

Now this may be different, because all denominations in Japan are in en, so... does anyone have any insight on this... I found it difficult to say something like jusan dollars to... something cents... I seemed to be understood, but getting across the change was a challange!

Probably an isolated incident, as this isn't how things are priced in Japan, but I felt a little bit lost nonetheless.

thanks!

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$13.92 juusan doru kyuujuu ni sento
ロシアでは１ドルがおよそ２７ルーブル６０コペイカです。
Before WW2, there used be the money unit under Yen.
こんなマッチ知ってる：マッチの値段のうつりかわり
２銭５厘 ni sen go rin
７円５０銭 nana en goju ssen/goji ssen

Aaa! Thanks so much Undrentide!