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Doesn't ～ニン（人）as a suffix imply that it is a counter of people
I was looking to some examples of the use of 人 and I found this one in Jisho.org
http://jisho.org/search/人
２００人{にん}の人{ひと}が昨年コレラで死んだ。
Two hundred people died of cholera last year.
With furigana ...
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How does one know when to use ～ふん or ～ぷん when telling time in Japanese?
I'm wondering if there are any linguistic reasons or rules that can be applied to find out which to use, or do I just need to memorize them individually?
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"め" in "五匹め" implies some sort of "ordering"? Where it makes sense, the default is "time"?
め after a counter implies some sort of ordering, right?
Say that you are shopping for a cat.
scenario #1
You look into a room with 5 cats in it.
Does saying 五匹めが好きです。 mean anything?
In that ...
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Placing a quantifier between a noun and particle?
this is my first question here so please bare with me.
Until the other day I was aware of two different ways use counters
As an adverb.
ペンを３本買いました。
As a noun.
３本のペンを買いました。
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List of Japanese counter words [closed]
What are the essential Japanese counter words?
For example -dai for machines, -mai for papers and stuff like that.
What else to expect/know?
Thank you
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