Counter for months - ヶ月
Counter: ヶ月(kà getsu)
Things to count: month
1ヶ月/一月 (ik kà getsu/ h(i)tò ts(u)ki): a month
2ヶ月/二月(ni kà getsu/ f(u)tà ts(u)ki): 2 months
3ヶ月(sań kà getsu): 3 months
4ヶ月(yoń kà getsu): 4 months
5ヶ月(go kà getsu): 5 months
6ヶ月/半年(rok kà getsu/ hań tòshì): 6 months/ a half of a year
7ヶ月(nanà kà getsu): 7 months
8ヶ月(hak kà getsu): 8 months
9ヶ月(kyuù kà getsu): 9 months
10ヶ月(juk kà getsu): 10 months
With Bigger Numbers
11ヶ月(juù ìk kà getsu): 11 months
12ヶ月(juù nì kà getsu): 12 months
1年と3ヶ月(ichì nen to sań kà getsu): a year and 3 months
2年と5ヶ月(nì nen to go kà getsu): 2 years and 5 months
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🔍FYI📚
~ヶ月(kà getsu) is also written as
・か月
・カ月
as well and these all mean totally the same. Don’t get confused!
E.g.
6カ月 = 6か月 = 6ヶ月
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Q. How do we recognise if 一月 is read as HITOTSUKI: a month or ICHIGATSU: January?
... Whichever fits in the context. ;)
But 一月 as ICHIGATSU: January often follows the particle に(ni): in or は(wa): subjective particle. Also the context would always relate to the dates.
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<<Examples>>
・3ヶ月後にまた会いましょう。
(sań kà gètsù gò ni matà àìmàshòu)
: (We’ll) see you in three months.
...[time]後(に)(gò ni): in/after~, ~ later
...また(matà): again
...会いましょう(aìmàshòu): polite volitional form of 会う(àu): to meet, see
・一月もすれば治りますよ。
(h(i)tòts(u)ki mo surèba naòrìmàsu yò)
: One month is enough to be cured. / (It’ll) be cured in a month (or less).
...も(mo): a particle to emphasise its enough/ too much
...すれば(surèba): conditional form of
...治ります(naòrìmàsu): polite form of 治る(naòru): to be cured, healed
・まだ生まれて4ヶ月です。
(màda umàrètè yońkàgetsu desu)
: He/She’s still 4 months old. / (It’s been) only 4 months since (he/she) was born.
...まだ(màda): still, yet, only, just
...生まれて(umàrètè): TE form of 生まれる(umàrèrù): to be born
...です(dèsu): polite ending words for a noun/ adjective.
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