Native Japanese numbers are those of Japanese origin, and they go up only to 10. These are different from the numbers in how to count to ten in Japanese, which were imported from the Chinese number system hundreds and hundreds of years ago. Those share the same characters in both languages, but are pronounced differently.

To use these properly in Japanese, you have to use counters, special words that are used only with numbers. (While this subject is too complicated for this post, a counter is kind of like the word “piece” in the sentence “I ate one piece of pie.” But Japanese has a very long list of counters; which one you use depends on the type, shape or size of object you want to count.) The native Japanese numbers do not need counter words.

1     一つ     hitotsu       ひとつ
2     二つ     futatsu       ふたつ
3     三つ     mittsu        みっつ
4     四つ     yottsu        よっつ
5     五つ     itsutsu        いつつ
6     六つ     muttsu       むっつ
7     七つ     nanatsu      ななつ
8     八つ     yattsu         やっつ
9     九つ     kokonotsu   ここのつ
10   十        tō               とお       (The number ten does not end in “tsu” as the other nine do.)

Here is how to count to ten in Russian:
1. one — один (a-deen)
2. two — два (dva)
3. three — три (tree)
4. four — четыре (che-tir-ye)
5. five — пять (pyat)
6. six — шесть (shest)
7. seven — семь (sem)
8. eight — восемь (vo-sem)
9. nine — девять (dyev-yat)
10. ten — десять (dyes-yat)

Bonus number: zero — ноль (nol)

This may not be the mother of all lists, but it will show you how to say mother in different languages. If you want to be less formal, learn how to say mom in different languages.

Chinese – mǔqīn
Danish – mor
Dutch – moeder
Finnish – äiti
French – mère
German – Mutter
Greek – mitéra (μητέρα)
Icelandic – Móðir
Irish – mháthair
Italian – madre
Japanese – haha (母)
Norwegian – mor
Portuguese – mãe, madre
Russian – matʹ (мать)
Spanish – madre
Swedish – mamma
Vietnamese – mẹ
Welsh – mam

THEY say French is the language of love, so let’s learn what the word is in French for love.

French for love is amour. Ah-moor

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Amour is a funny word when it comes to gender. In singular form it is masculine, so to say, for example, “it is a crazy love,” you’d say c’est un amour fou. In plural usage, however, amour is feminine, so “forgotten loves” translates into des amours oubliées. (The extra “e” in oubliées makes it feminine. You will be familiar with this in words commonly used in English – fiancé, for an engaged man, and fiancée for an engaged woman.)

So now you know what is French for love!