How do you refer to items in a list?

Question

Given a list of things...

1. dog
2. cat
3. fish

How would you say...

1. the second item in the list: ２目番?

2. all three of them: 全部三つ?

3. two of them (not regarding the position in the list): ２匹 or ２目?

Is this pattern correct?

Answer 1

You are almost there. ~全部{ぜんぶ}3つ~ sounds definitely off, but 3つ全部{ぜんぶ} is fine.

The first, the second, the third...

• 一番目{いちばんめ}、二番目{にばんめ}、三番目{さんばんめ} Slightly more formal tone.
• 1つ目{め}、2つ目{め}、3つ目{め} Slightly more casual tone, perhaps used more often between people of equal / similar status.

All 3 of them, all of them

• 3つとも
• これらすべて
• 3つすべて
• 全部

If there were 2 items

• 2つとも
• 両方{りょうほう}

Note: In this case you wouldn't say すべて or 全部

Two of them

• これらのうち2つ
• このうち（の）2つ

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How do you say 1つ、2つ、3つ...?

• 1つ → ひとつ
• 2つ → ふたつ
• 3つ → みっつ
• 4つ → よっつ
• 5つ → いつつ
• 6つ → むっつ
• 7つ → ななつ
• 8つ → やっつ
• 9つ → ここのつ
• 10 → じゅっこ

What about 10【とお】?

The old pronunciation とお is to all intents and purposes never used in spoken conversation. For numbers after 10 you would resort to じゅっこ、じゅういっこ、じゅうにこ...

• じゅっこすべて
• じゅっことも
• このうち（の）じゅっこ

Answer 2

"the second item in the list" -> 2番目
"all three of them" -> 3つ全部 or 3つとも
"two of them" -> これらのうち2つ or これらのうち2匹

Answer 3

２番目 is OK.

two of them (not regarding the position in the list) ２匹 or ２目...

両方{りょうほう} is definitely the best.

all three of them 全部三つ

全部{ぜんぶ} is probably used the more

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• 2つとも and 3つとも would be a second best.

• すべて usually comes after the word like in これ(ら)すべて, 3,4,5つすべて。