It's not easy to retain vocabulary and expressions when you're studying a language, and it's especially difficult to get words out on the spot when you're having conversations. I hope these weekly posts could be good practice for your Japanese studies!!
The question for today is: How do you say "Two people" in Japanese??
The answer is...
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二人 [Futari]
二 [Ni] means two in Japanese
人 [Hito/Jin] means person in Japanese
It is easily misread as "Ni Hito" or "Ni Nin" because of how the Japanese counting system works.
三人 [San Nin] means three people
十人 [Jyuu Nin] means ten people
百人 [Hyaku Nin] means a hundred people
From three onwards you would read the kanji [人] as "Nin", but the only exceptions are when referring to one person or two people.
一人 [Hitori] means one person
二人 [Futari]
If you are speaking formally for example to a customer, you can also say:
お二方 [Ofutakata]
Writer's note: I don't like the Japanese counting system. You have to count differently depending on its characteristics and there are too many.
一匹 [Ippiki] one (smaller sized) animal
一頭 [Ittou] one (bigger sized) animal
一羽 [Ichiwa] one bird
一本 [Ippon] one long object for example pencil or carrot
Like, please stop it.