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This is from hellochinese, the mandarin learning app.

  • Dessalines@lemmy.mlOP
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    6 hours ago

    Numbers stay the same, but the words for “collection/group” change depending on the object. It goes [number] [measure word] [noun]

    I’m not familiar with Japanese so I can’t say.

    • TiredTiger@lemmy.ml
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      3 hours ago

      If I remember correctly, the “group” names in Japanese are based on shape but aren’t always intuitive, and sometimes a certain number of them will have its own special name or way of counting - the sort of thing that requires a lot of rote memorization.