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( )An example of use would be:”(My) friend Hiroshi said he had three computers.”- Floors in a building
This counter is used to count floors or levels of a building, and has a special
pronunciation for 3:
An example of use would be:”The bedrooms are on the second floor.”For floors underground, the prefix
(literally meaning ”under-
ground”) is used with this counter:
...
...In addition, there are also two useful words to know when it comesto floors, being
, meaning ”top floor” and the
meaning ”mez-
zanine” (a ’floor’ between first and second floor).