Japanese

<h4>The counter 枚</h4>

<p>
	The counter <strong><ruby>枚mai</ruby></strong> is used to count flat, thin objects like paper, photographs and plates.
	Note in the table below that when using the counter <strong><ruby>枚mai</ruby></strong> after a numeral, no phonetic change occurs.
	In fact, for all counters starting with an <strong>m</strong> sound, no phonetic change occurs when they are preceded by a numeral.
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<h4>Using counters to count objects</h4>

<p>
	When counting objects we can place the counter after the object we are counting.
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Counting objects and the flat object counter 枚

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	写しゃ真しん　三さん枚まい　が　ほしい　です。 syasin sanmai ga hosii desu.
Meaning	I want three photos.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

to be	です desu
subject particle	が ga
three	三さん san
wanted	ほしい hosii
counter for flat, thin objects	枚まい mai
picture, photo	写しゃ真しん syasin

Japanese

syasin sanmai ga hosii desu.

Breakdown of syasin sanmai ga hosii desu.

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