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All that is needed to know for counters is how to say them 1-10 correct? Because if I say 3001 books I would say "sanzen is-satsu" right? 3001 books. What if I want to say 3000? would I just use the ORIGINAL counter at the end like "sanzen satsu"? By original, I am referring to how some counters change like the "nin" counter for people is hoitori, futari. So for zero people it would be "rei-nin" or "zero-nin", right? Also 3010 vs 3100 (books). Would 3010 = "sanzen jus-satsu" and 3100 = "sanzen hyaku satsu"? So all numbers not ending in zero except for 10 will use the orignal counter by itself? Thanks, sorry for so many questions, this was bothering me, thank you !

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You are not in a chat room. Please try to write a coherent question. – Tsuyoshi Ito Dec 17 '12 at 3:54
That was a question. This question just had a few questions of its own to clarify it. Unless you would like me to ask a totally NEW question for all of them in this one which are all related by the way. I'm sure that wouldn't be any better of an idea than this. I am being specific with my question. Instead of being BROAD and asking "how do I use counters?"....make sense now? – V1rtualCurry Dec 17 '12 at 4:46
“Abc is xyz, correct?” and “Abc is xyz, right?” are not questions. It is unclear what you want to ask. – Tsuyoshi Ito Dec 17 '12 at 5:24
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@Billy: If that is the question, it is answered in the question “What are the rules for reading numbers before a foreign counter-word?” by silvermaple (despite the title). – Tsuyoshi Ito Dec 17 '12 at 20:16
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