Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1

61 Table 8. Classifiers for numbers 1-10, as well as an unknown number, for suffixes -en, -doru, and -ban -en -doru -ban 1. Ichi-en Ichi-doru Ichi-ban 2. Ni-en Ni-doru Ni-ban 3. San-en San-doru San-ban 4. Yo-en Yon-doru Yon-ban 5. Go-en Go-doru Go-ban 6. Roku-en Roku-doru Roku-ban 7. Nana-en Nana-doru Nana-ban 8. Hachi-en Hachi-doru Hachi-ban 9. Kyuu-en Kyuu-doru Kyuu-ban 10. Juu-en Juu-doru Juu-ban ? Nan-en Nan-doru Nan-ban 3-2−2 Pronoun No Recall that we have the following three noun phrase structures. 1. Adjective + Noun yasui apaato cheap apartment 2. Kono + Noun kono apaato this apartment 3. Noun no Noun watashi no apaato my apartment It sounds too wordy and unsophisticated if the same noun is repeated unnecessarily. How can we avoid repeating the main noun in these structures when it is already known from the context? For Structure 1, replace the noun with the pronoun no . → yasui no inexpensive one For Structure 2, use kore-sore-are-dore , instead. → kore this For Structure 3, just drop it. → watashi no mine The pronoun no can replace the noun directly after an adjective, but is usually not used to refer to people. These rules hold when the three structures are combined. `