Japanese

<p>
	In order to talk about age, we need to use the counter <strong><ruby>歳sai</ruby></strong>.
	Please note that <strong><ruby>歳sai</ruby></strong> is only used for talking about the age of living things like animals and humans.
	You would not, for example, say: <strong><ruby>あの車kurumaは何nan歳saiですか？</ruby></strong>.
</p>

<p>
	As with the previous counter words you have learned, 
	<strong><ruby>歳sai</ruby></strong> has several irregularities in how it is read in combination with certain numbers,
	as shown in the table below.
</p>

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			<th>English</th>
			<th>Japanese</th>
		</tr>
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		<tr data-item="27249"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27250"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27251"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27252"></tr>
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		<tr data-item="27253"></tr>
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	</tbody>
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<p>
	As you can see, <strong>twenty years old</strong> is an exception, and after that counting tens continues as expected.
</p>

<p>
	Below are several example sentences relating to age.
</p>

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			<th>English</th>
			<th>Japanese</th>
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How old are you?

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	私わたし　は　四よん十じゅっ歳さい　です。 watasi ha yonzyussai desu.
Meaning	I am 40 years old.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

I	私わたし watasi
to be	です desu
topic particle	は ha
40	四よん十じゅう yonzyuu
years of age (counter)	〜歳さい sai

Japanese

watasi ha yonzyussai desu.

Breakdown of watasi ha yonzyussai desu.

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