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04-19-2011, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
I tend to speak in decimals rather than fractions, so I can't be 100% sure, but I believe you always say "denominatorぶんのnumerator" and use なな/よん for 7/4 respectively. So:

5/6 = ろくぶんのご
6/7 = ななぶんのろく
7/8 = はちぶんのなな
4/9 = きゅうぶんのよん

The only fraction I think I use with regularity in Japanese (when I rarely speak it now) is にぶんのいち, and I know that one is 100% correct because I grew up reading らんま1/2 manga.
So なな and よんー I'll remember that, thanks!