floating quantifier

syntax

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Japanese counter expressions (一つ, 三人, 五冊) typically attach adverbially to the verb phrase rather than directly to the noun they count, often appearing bare after the subject/object marker rather than preceding the noun. 卵を一つ茹でる = 'boil one egg,' 本が一冊ある = 'there is one book.'

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