Minute Minutia Discussion

Most Recent Most Votes

Kyoto has a really nice hotel right next to the train station.   :)

 

Kyoto has a really nice hotel right next to the train station.   :)

 

Try saying 5:55pm! ごごごじごじゅうごふんです。

I wanna try to help how to remember the "ふん" thing. First, you have to remember the default ones; 1, 6, 8, 10 1 = いっぷん = ippun 6 = ろっぷん = roppun 8 = はっぷん = happun 10 = じゅっぷん = juppun And then for the remaining; 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9. For the number (in Japanese) that is ended by vowel, then it's followed by ふん (fun). For the number (in Japanese) that is ended by consonant, then it's followed by ぷん (pun). So, since 2, 5, 7, 9 are ended by vowel >> に (ni), ご (go), なな (nana), きゅう (kyuu), then it must be followed by ふん (fun). 2 = にふん (nifun) 5 = ごふん (gofun) 7 = ななふん (nanafun) 9 = きゅうふん (kyuufun) And since 3 and 4 are ended by consonant >> さん (san), よん (yon), then it must be followed by ぷん (pun). 3 = さんぷん (sanpun) 4 = よんぷん (yonpun) That's why "what minute" becomes "なんぷん". Since "what" is "なん (nan)" that is ended by consonant so it must be followed by ぷん (pun). "IMHO" P.S: sorry about my english :)

One and Three are the oddballs ya know, trying to be ぷん, but that's an even thing ya know, but two is too cool to ぷん so it wants to ふん！ In short: All the odds are ふん but 1 and 3, and all the evens are ぷん except for 2

You might sometimes see じゅっぷｎ as じっぷん。