二枚の切符
nimai no kippu
The English phrase "two tickets" is expressed in Japanese as 二枚の切符 (nimai no kippu).
This phrase is used to refer to or request a pair of tickets for events or travel.
Which one should you use?
You may also encounter 切符二枚 (kippu nimai) in many spoken contexts, such as when ordering at a counter, where the noun is placed before the counter.
How does it change in a sentence?
In the phrase 二枚の切符, the particle の is used to link the counter 枚 to the noun 切符.
How do you pronounce it?
nimai no kippu
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use futatsu, which is a general counter for objects, when referring to tickets.
Did you know?
- The word 切符 (kippu) literally means 'cut ticket', referring to the historical practice of cutting a ticket from a larger sheet to validate it.
- The counter 枚 (mai) used for 'two tickets' is specifically for flat, thin objects. You would use this same counter for sheets of paper, plates and stamps.
- In Japan, if you buy 'two tickets' at a vending machine, the machine may issue them as a single combined strip of paper rather than two separate slips.
Examples in context
- 電車のチケットを２枚ください。Please give me two train tickets.
- 映画のチケットを２枚くれる？Can you give me two movie tickets?
- ライブのチケット２枚でいい？Are two concert tickets enough?
- 二枚の切符をください。nimai no kippu o kudasai.Two tickets, please.
- 二枚の切符を予約しました。nimai no kippu o yoyaku shimashita.I reserved two tickets.
- 二枚の切符はここにあります。nimai no kippu wa koko ni arimasu.The two tickets are here.
Example conversation
Yota and Yui are at the train station ticket counter.
- 陽太 Yotaすみません、二枚の切符をください。Sumimasen, nimai no kippu o kudasai.Excuse me, two tickets please.
- 結衣 Yui目的地はどちらですか？Mokutekichi wa dochira desu ka?Where is your destination?
- 陽太 Yota京都までお願いします。Kyoto made onegaishimasu.To Kyoto, please.
- 結衣 Yuiかしこまりました。Kashikomarimashita.Certainly.
