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- "十一ヶ月かかります。"
"十一ヶ月かかります。"
Translation:It takes eleven months.
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I think I get why there's a small ケ before 月 here. That's for when it's a number of months, as opposed to a month of the year.
That ケ is easily mistaken for a katakana, similar to the kanji 夕 (pronounced ゆう).
Can somebody type out what it is saying phonetically for those of us that can't hear well lol.
What is the difference between this case and the previous usage of「かかります」which resulted in "It will take..." being marked wrong in favour of "It would take..."
It's impossible for us to know what sentence you saw "previous" to this one. Both translations could work, depending on context.
They should include the hiragana, since it's not a recording of a person and is difficult to understand. They should have recorded each line
The new male and female voices are pronouncing this as じゅういちかげつ instead of じゅういっかげつ. Reported, and let's see if it gets fixed.
Small keThe small ke is a common Japanese character, typographically a small form of the katakana character ケ ke. While identical in shape to a small ケ, the shape is actually an abbreviation for the kanji 箇, specifically by writing half of the bamboo radical 竹, and ヶ is used as an abbreviation 箇 (alternatively written 個 or 个), which is a common Japanese counter word. It is also as an abbreviation for the Japanese conjunctive particle が.
I hear whats being said phonetically but my IME does not want to turn the か into a small ケ
- You have to type it all in at once.
- Make sure you typed juuikkagetsu, not juuikagetsu
So why do we not need to slap a 間 in there like we did for 二週間? Is that only for describing time spans in weeks?
because it is counted differently. ichigatsu becomes ikkagetsu, there is no ichigatsukan afaik, that is isshuukan. etc.
Would "It will take eleven months." be an acceptable translation? It seems to convey the Japanese meaning and sounds good to my ears.
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The new voice pronounces it じゅういちかげつ, instead of じゅういっかげつ. Should i report it for incorrect audio?
"It would" vs "it will" here is throwing me off. Anyone care to explain why "it will/ it'll" is not an acceptable answer?
Theres no reason other than its not listed as an acceptible translation. Please continue to report it until it gets added. I end up at the end of the lesson with a dozen of these and it refuses to accept my "it will", so I report them each a few times then deal with the nonsense that its demanding.
I wrote "It will take 11 months" and it was marked wrong. It is difficult to know if it is present or future tense without context.
because i guess theyre pushing the kanji but i agree, weve already learned the kanji just let us move on please no one uses them unless its in a name
It's not the same though without, ヶ月 is the period of a month, so 一ヶ月 would be one month, 二ヶ月 would be two months, and so on, while １月 means January, ２月 means February, and so on.
