| Change log entry 31133 | |
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| Processed by: | ycandau (2010-10-02 18:44:16 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 30365 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> Not sure if I've reworded the best way, but this example shows it's not necessarily "animate nouns": 幸好昨天下了一整天中雨，小树小草们终于可以饱饮一顿了。 Here are some comments off the web on 们 as a plural marker: 1 "most of case is related with human, sometime it could be used for animal but only take them have human mind." 2 <<it functions as a general plural marker, and I think it can be used for every "thing":human,animals,things(just we don't use "-men"after things often,but it's right)>> (Not authoritative, of course, but interesting comments, apparently from native speakers of Chinese.) |
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- 們 们 [men5] /plural marker for pronouns and a small number of animate nouns/ + 們 们 [men5] /plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals/ |