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くつとくつしたのカウンター。 そくとおもいます。でもともだちはくつしたは”まい”をつかいます。どちらほうがいいですか。 I think "soku" is used for both, but my friend says we're supposed to use "mai" for socks. What is the correct counter?

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くつとくつしたのカウンター。

くつしたのかぞえかた。(靴下の数え方。)

 

そくとおもいます。でもともだちはくつしたは”まい”をつかいます。どちらほうがいいですか。

(くつしたをかぞえるときに)わたしは、”そく”だとおもいます。でも、ともだちは”まい”をつかいます。どちらのほうがいいですか?


I think "soku" is used for both, but my friend says we're supposed to use "mai" for socks. What is the correct counter?

 

I think "soku" is better. But we use both.

So pair of socks are "soku"   1 pair = issoku, 2 pairs = nisoku, 3 pairs = sansoku,,,,

Then "mai" is not pair. If you want to say one sock, two socks, three socks are ichimai, nimai, sanmai,,,something like that. 

 

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