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What is the classifier for tools and machines?
What is the classifier for tools and machines?
What classifier is used for machines?
What classifier is used for machines?
Ga
What is the classifier for buildings?
What is the classifier for buildings?
-gaan-
What classifier is used for most clothes?
What classifier is used for most clothes?
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Which classifier refers to people and abstract things?
Which classifier refers to people and abstract things?
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What classifier is associated with animals and one of a pair?
What classifier is associated with animals and one of a pair?
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What is the classifier for vertical surfaces?
What is the classifier for vertical surfaces?
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What classifier denotes square or rectangular shapes?
What classifier denotes square or rectangular shapes?
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Identify the classifier for flat surfaces.
Identify the classifier for flat surfaces.
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What is the classifier for cylindrical objects?
What is the classifier for cylindrical objects?
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What classifier is used for small and round items?
What classifier is used for small and round items?
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What is the classifier for long and narrow items?
What is the classifier for long and narrow items?
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What classifier corresponds to 'the knife'?
What classifier corresponds to 'the knife'?
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What classifier is related to 'the car'?
What classifier is related to 'the car'?
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Identify the classifier used for 'the house'.
Identify the classifier used for 'the house'.
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What classifier is associated with 'the shirt/dress'?
What classifier is associated with 'the shirt/dress'?
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What is the classifier for 'the doctor'?
What is the classifier for 'the doctor'?
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What classifier corresponds to 'the decision'?
What classifier corresponds to 'the decision'?
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What is the classifier for 'the dog'?
What is the classifier for 'the dog'?
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What classifier relates to 'the hand'?
What classifier relates to 'the hand'?
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Identify the classifier for 'a mirror'.
Identify the classifier for 'a mirror'.
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What is the classifier for 'a picture'?
What is the classifier for 'a picture'?
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What classifier corresponds to 'a table'?
What classifier corresponds to 'a table'?
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What is the classifier for 'a pen or pencil'?
What is the classifier for 'a pen or pencil'?
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Identify the classifier for 'a sweet'.
Identify the classifier for 'a sweet'.
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What classifier pertains to 'the road'?
What classifier pertains to 'the road'?
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What is the classifier for pluralization?
What is the classifier for pluralization?
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What classifier follows a # for circumstances?
What classifier follows a # for circumstances?
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What classifier involves W/ -ni- or /go/?
What classifier involves W/ -ni- or /go/?
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What is the classifier for possessive circumstances?
What is the classifier for possessive circumstances?
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What classifier is used with a noun alone (before the verb)?
What classifier is used with a noun alone (before the verb)?
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What classifier is used with a noun alone (after the verb)?
What classifier is used with a noun alone (after the verb)?
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What is the classifier for 'pound'?
What is the classifier for 'pound'?
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What is the classifier for 'dozen'?
What is the classifier for 'dozen'?
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Identify the classifier for 'cup'.
Identify the classifier for 'cup'.
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What classifier is used for 'box'?
What classifier is used for 'box'?
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What classifier refers to 'bag'?
What classifier refers to 'bag'?
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What is the classifier for 'dish'?
What is the classifier for 'dish'?
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What is the classifier for 'class'?
What is the classifier for 'class'?
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Identify the classifier used for 'pile'.
Identify the classifier used for 'pile'.
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What is the classifier for 'set'?
What is the classifier for 'set'?
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What classifier is used for 'pair'?
What classifier is used for 'pair'?
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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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