Thursday, June 19, 2008

How to count to ten in Japanese

Noah had a night of very little sleep followed by 5 hours of hard core playing with a group of his friends at the indoor playground. Come 4:30 all that boy wanted was a nap. Unfortunately, he had to cope with his first Shorin-Ryu karate class instead.
If I hadn't joined in to "try it out" with him, he wouldn't have made it. He was a lot more shy and reticent to join in than usual. However, he was highly observant and remembered all of the moves he learned in the class. His sensei, Dieter Von der Marwitz, is from South Africa and represented his country twice in the World Grand Championships. Besides that, he is a very nice guy and Noah likes him quite a lot.
When they are doing their moves, they count to ten in Japanese. Noah wanted to learn how to do that before his next class on Monday. So, let's all learn how to count to ten in Japanese! Come on! It'll be fun!
  1. Ichi (ee-chee)
  2. Ni (knee)
  3. San (sahh-nn)
  4. Shi (she)
  5. Go (go)
  6. Roku (ro-koo)
  7. Shichi (she-tchee)
  8. Hachi (Ha!-tchee)
  9. Kyu (Q)
  10. Jyu (joo)

2 comments:

Jesse Mullan said...

Rex Kwon Do?

Anonymous said...

Jyu (joo) = Jew?