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わたしたち
私達
ナイフ
にほん
2本
フォーク
よんほん
4本
ください
Give us two knives and four forks, please.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
3
Most common form: 私たち
we; us
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1
noun
knife
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1
Most common form: 二本
noun
two (long cylindrical things)
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1
noun
1. fork
2. folk; folk song  (this meaning is restricted to reading フォーク)
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Most common form: 四本
noun or verb acting prenominally
four (long cylindrical things)
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3
expression
1. please give me  (often written with kana only; honorific)
2. please do for me  (after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-; often written with kana only; honorific)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
タツ    arrive   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
move
ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
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