Noun Classifiers Flashcards

Questions and Answers

What is the classifier for tools and machines?

-gaan-

Gihn

/ba/ (correct)

What classifier is used for machines?

What is the classifier for buildings?

-gaan-

What classifier is used for most clothes?

Gihn Signup and view all the answers

Which classifier refers to people and abstract things?

Go Signup and view all the answers

What classifier is associated with animals and one of a pair?

Jek Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for vertical surfaces?

Faai Signup and view all the answers

What classifier denotes square or rectangular shapes?

-fuk- Signup and view all the answers

Identify the classifier for flat surfaces.

-jeung- Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for cylindrical objects?

-ji- Signup and view all the answers

What classifier is used for small and round items?

-lap- Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for long and narrow items?

\tiuh\ Signup and view all the answers

What classifier corresponds to 'the knife'?

/ba/ -dou- Signup and view all the answers

What classifier is related to 'the car'?

Ga -che- Signup and view all the answers

Identify the classifier used for 'the house'.

-gaan- -uk- Signup and view all the answers

What classifier is associated with 'the shirt/dress'?

Gihn -saam- Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for 'the doctor'?

Go -yi- -sang- Signup and view all the answers

What classifier corresponds to 'the decision'?

Go kyut dihng Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for 'the dog'?

Jek /gau/ Signup and view all the answers

What classifier relates to 'the hand'?

Jek /sau/ Signup and view all the answers

Identify the classifier for 'a mirror'.

Faai geng Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for 'a picture'?

-fuk- /wa/ Signup and view all the answers

What classifier corresponds to 'a table'?

-jeung- /toi/ Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for 'a pen or pencil'?

-ji- -bat- Signup and view all the answers

Identify the classifier for 'a sweet'.

-lap- /tong/ Signup and view all the answers

What classifier pertains to 'the road'?

\tiuh\ louh Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for pluralization?

-di- Signup and view all the answers

What classifier follows a # for circumstances?

Following a # Signup and view all the answers

What classifier involves W/ -ni- or /go/?

W/ -ni- or /go/ Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for possessive circumstances?

In a possessive (replacing ge) Signup and view all the answers

What classifier is used with a noun alone (before the verb)?

W/ a noun alone (before the verb = the) Signup and view all the answers

What classifier is used with a noun alone (after the verb)?

W/ a noun alone (after the verb = a certain ____) Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for 'pound'?

bohng Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for 'dozen'?

-da- Signup and view all the answers

Identify the classifier for 'cup'.

-bui- Signup and view all the answers

What classifier is used for 'box'?

hahp Signup and view all the answers

What classifier refers to 'bag'?

-baau- Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for 'dish'?

dihp Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for 'class'?

-baan- Signup and view all the answers

Identify the classifier used for 'pile'.

-deui- Signup and view all the answers

What is the classifier for 'set'?

tou Signup and view all the answers

What classifier is used for 'pair'?

deui Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Noun Classifiers and Their Definitions

Classifier for tools and machines: /ba/
Classifier for machines: Ga
Classifier for buildings: -gaan-
Classifier for most clothes: Gihn
Classifier for people and abstract entities: Go
Classifier for animals or one of a pair: Jek
Classifier for vertical surfaces: Faai
Classifier for square or rectangular objects: -fuk-
Classifier for flat surfaces: -jeung-
Classifier for cylindrical objects: -ji-
Classifier for small and round items: -lap-
Classifier for long and narrow items: *\tiuh*

Specific Noun Classifications

Knife: /ba/ -dou-
Car: Ga -che-
House: -gaan- -uk-
Shirt/Dress: Gihn -saam-
Doctor: Go -yi- -sang-
Decision: Go kyut dihng
Dog: Jek /gau/
Hand: Jek /sau/

Objects and Their Classifiers

Mirror: Faai geng
Picture: -fuk- /wa/
Table: -jeung- /toi/
Pen or Pencil: -ji- -bat-
Sweet: -lap- /tong/
Road: \tiuh\ louh

Additional Classifiers

Pluralizer: -di-
Circumstance 1: Used following a number #
Circumstance 2: In combination with -ni- or /go/
Circumstance 3: For possessive use (replaces ge)
Circumstance 4a: Used before a verb with a noun indicating the
Circumstance 4b: Used after a verb indicating a certain ____

Measurement and Common Terms

Pound: bohng
Dozen: -da-
Cup: -bui-
Box: hahp
Bag: -baau-
Dish: dihp
Class: -baan-
Pile: -deui-
Set: tou
Pair: deui

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