Home Japanese “Read page 7” or “read seven pages”?JJapanese“Read page 7” or “read seven pages”?March 23, 20227 comments When someone says “7ページをお読んでください”, do they mean “Read page 7” or “Read 7 pages”?How do you distinguish between the two?ありがとうございます! Tags:Japanese 7 commentsYou specify an exact ordinal with 目 (め).5回 – Five times5回目 – The fifth timeSame thing with ページI think it can mean both but “read page 7” is the more natural interpretation in most contexts[deleted]Could you distinguish it as 7ページを読んでください (read page 7) or ページを7枚読んでください (read 7 pages)?read 7 pages = 7ページ分を読んでください7ページ読みなさい。 7ページ目を読みなさい。[deleted]Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
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You specify an exact ordinal with 目 (め).
5回 – Five times
5回目 – The fifth time
Same thing with ページ
I think it can mean both but “read page 7” is the more natural interpretation in most contexts
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Could you distinguish it as 7ページを読んでください (read page 7) or ページを7枚読んでください (read 7 pages)?
read 7 pages = 7ページ分を読んでください
7ページ読みなさい。
7ページ目を読みなさい。
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