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Originally Posted by pacerier
also what does it mean that 部 can only be used when talking about copies of the same book or brochure
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Suppose there are 20 books here. They are all different books. They may be the books that you actually read last year. This is definitely counted as 20さつ.
You see 20 copies of the same book stacked up in the bookstore. That is 20部. Call that 20さつ and you will sound either like a kid or kinda uneducated.
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regarding なんねんかん, is it true that in casual speech (friend to friend) i would be using なんねん instead of なんねんかん?
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Well, I would say that was generally true. Real truth is there are always exeptions. なんねんかん is not all that formal, which is why I put the word in parentheses in my first post.
A question from me: Would kanji be a taboo in my replies? I feel like a dribbling kid writing なんねん or なんねんかん in kana.