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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/users/intothewestaway/statuses/111394843296408249">Nick Houston 🇨🇦 (intothewestaway@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 00:01:01 JST</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@intothewestaway" title="intothewestaway@mastodonapp.uk"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/203833-48-20240611232722.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Nick Houston 🇨🇦" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Nick Houston 🇨🇦</a></section><article><p>I am on Day 280 of <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Duolingo" rel="tag">#Duolingo</a>.  I am learning  <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Korean" rel="tag">#Korean</a>. I have come to admire the beauty of the Hangul alphabet and writing system and its relative simplicity.  Once you get your head around Subject Object Verb grammar (vs English Subject Verb Object) it becomes easier.  </p><p>The new fun is Korean Count words, for specific objects and events, which follow a number.  Ten cows translates to 소 열 마리<br>(Cow ten animals).  </p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_count_word" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_count_word</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2327118#notice-4592546">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-11-15T00:01:01+09:00" title="Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 00:01:01 JST">Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 00:01:01 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@intothewestaway/111394843296408249" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodonapp.uk via ActivityPub">mastodonapp.uk</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@intothewestaway/111394843296408249">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_count_word">Korean count word</a></h5><div></div></header><div>The Korean language uses special measure or counting words for specific objects and events. These suffixes are called subullyusa (수분류사; 數分類詞) in Korean. They are similar to the ones employed in the Chinese and the Japanese languages.
In English it is "two sheets of paper", not "two papers". Analogously, in Korean jang (장/張) is used to count sheets or anything that is a paper-like material, for example "ten bus tickets" is beoseu pyo yeol jang (버스 표 열 장 / 버스 票 열 張), literally, "bus ticket ten 'sheets'". In fact, the meanings of counter words are frequently extended in metaphorical or other image-based ways. For instance, in addition to counting simply sheets of paper, jang in Korean can be used to refer to any number of thin, paper-like objects. Leaves (namunnip 나뭇잎) are counted using this count word. In this way...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Nick Houston 🇨🇦 (intothewestaway@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 00:01:01 JST Nick Houston 🇨🇦
I am on Day 280 of #Duolingo. I am learning #Korean. I have come to admire the beauty of the Hangul alphabet and writing system and its relative simplicity. Once you get your head around Subject Object Verb grammar (vs English Subject Verb Object) it becomes easier.
The new fun is Korean Count words, for specific objects and events, which follow a number. Ten cows translates to 소 열 마리
(Cow ten animals).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_count_word
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  Korean count word
  The Korean language uses special measure or counting words for specific objects and events. These suffixes are called subullyusa (수분류사; 數分類詞) in Korean. They are similar to the ones employed in the Chinese and the Japanese languages. In English it is "two sheets of paper", not "two papers". Analogously, in Korean jang (장/張) is used to count sheets or anything that is a paper-like material, for example "ten bus tickets" is beoseu pyo yeol jang (버스 표 열 장 / 버스 票 열 張), literally, "bus ticket ten 'sheets'". In fact, the meanings of counter words are frequently extended in metaphorical or other image-based ways. For instance, in addition to counting simply sheets of paper, jang in Korean can be used to refer to any number of thin, paper-like objects. Leaves (namunnip 나뭇잎) are counted using this count word. In this way...

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