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How do you say the date in Japanese?

In English we say things like June 26, 2007 or 26th of June, 2007.

One thing you will learn about Japanese is that they always talk from largest to smallest piece of information.

So when Japanese talk about dates they say year, month then day.

First, let’s talk about year.

So how do we say 2007?

ni sen nana nen

Who said what now?

ni two

sen thousand

nana seven

nen year

So, how does it work?

To talk in the thousands:

its 1,000

you then 2.000

san zen 3,000

yon sen 4,000

go sen 5,000

rokku sen 6,000

nana sen 7,000

hate 8,000

kyuu sen 9,000

What about hundreds?

New 100

ni hyakku 200

san byakku 300

a hyakku 400

go hyakku 500

roppyakku 600

nana hyakku 700

happyakku 800

kyuu hyakku 900

And the tens?

Ten are easy once you can count to ten, check it out:

ichi 1

ni 2

san 3

yon 4 (but just say yo when the word nen follows it)

go 5

year 6

nana 7

hachi 8

kyuu 9

over 10

juu ichi (10, 1, right?) 11

on it (10, 2) 12

ni juu nana (2, 10, 7) 27

nana juu hachi (7, 10, 8) 78

Within whoo go (6, 10, 5) 65

So, 1965 is: sen kyuu hyakku roku juu go nen

Try this test:

Done?

Next lesson we will look at the month (hint: the months are the easiest part).

Here are the answers:

1974 sen kyuu hyakku nana juu yo nen

2001 ni sen ichi nen

1823 sen happyakku ni juu san nen

1995 sen kyuu hyakku kyuu juu go nen

How did you go? See you in the next lesson.


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