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These three places all have about the same population size (lemmy.world)
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[–] 3 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

*there is other city. Singular.

Supposedly there is a third city, but it's too boring to be worth checking.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Hey, now, you're both right - the Japanese language doesn't distinguish between singular and plural.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    lol that's not true at all dog

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    Please explain how that's wrong?

    Japanese nouns don't have grammatical number. The closest you can get is adding an affix like -tachi, but even then it's almost exclusively for people and means more like "and company" rather than a true plural.

    The noun for "city" is 市 ("ichi"), and it can mean either one city, two cities, or many cities. You can specify how many by adding a number, but the word itself doesn't change.

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