I want to say
One of ten people in the world suffers mental disorder.
My attempt but incomplete is as follows,
世界のなかに「。。。。」が精神障害に苦しんでいます。
How to say "One of ten people" in Japanese?
asked Sep 29, 2015 at 16:53
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You can say
[１０人]{じゅうにん}に[１人]{ひとり}
(「X人にY人」= "Y out of X people" / "Y in every X people")
so
One of ten people in the world suffers mental disorder.
would be like
世界では１０人に１人が精神障害に苦しんでいます。or
世界の１０人に１人が精神障害に苦しんでいます。
You could also use
１０人[中]{ちゅう}１人
１０人のうち１人
(「X人中Y人」/「X人のうちY人」 = "Y of X people")
as in
世界では１０人中１人が精神障害に苦しんでいます。or
世界では１０人のうち１人が精神障害に苦しんでいます。
answered Sep 29, 2015 at 17:14
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1友達のなかでは九人が大丈夫です。Should do it for Japanese to understand, yet am not sure if it's 100% the way it would be said by a native speaker.– user11327Sep 30, 2015 at 1:53
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If you want to say that 9 of the friends are fine but also imply that the others aren't, you could use 友達のなかの九人は大丈夫ですが... Sep 30, 2015 at 6:19
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2It literally would be like 「友達のうち９人」 but I think you'd normally say 「9人の友達」 or 「友達９人」(+ 「は/が元気です」,「は/が大丈夫です」, etc. depending on the context). For this, you don't use に since 「X人にY人」 means "Y in every X people".– chocolate ♦Sep 30, 2015 at 7:22