📝Morphology (Parts of Speech)
Numeral (数詞)
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Definition:
Words expressing numbers/quantities. Japanese has native Japanese (和語) and Sino-Japanese (漢語) reading systems.
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Connection Rules:
Counter words (助数詞) required: 人(にん)for people, 本(ほん)for long objects, 枚(まい)for flat objects, 匹(ひき)for small animals. Numbers 1-10: ひとつふたつみっつよっついつつむっつななつやっつここのつとお。
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Example:
三冊の本
three books
五人います
there are five people
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Confusion Points:
Japanese counters have irregular readings: 一人(ひとり)二人(ふたり)but三人(さんにん). 一つ(ひとつ)〜十(とお)are native. AI must recognize counter+noun patterns and irregular readings
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AI Tags
NUMERALNUMERAL_CARDINALNUMERAL_ORDINALNUMERAL_COUNTERNUMERAL_NATIVENUMERAL_SINONUMERAL_IRREGULARNUMERAL_TIMENUMERAL_AGENUMERAL_MONEY