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