KOREAN MORPHOLOGY · NOMINALS

Nominals

Nominal classes

Common NNG and proper NNP map to noun, NP to pronoun, and NR to numeral queries. Bound NNB and unit-like NNBC may require preceding-component conditions.

A nominal program starts the particle automaton after its core and never uses the ending automaton.

Nominal suffixes

Elements such as 들, 적, and 성 before particles do not share one rule. They are consumed as typed suffixes only when lexicon entries declare a plural marker or nominal derivation.

A supported nominal suffix such as 하 in 책임하에서 forms a noun path only when its span and following particle complete.

Numerals and units

A numeric structure requires ASCII digits followed by one or more NR nodes and an aligned NNB or NNBC unit span. 2026년에는 follows a digit, unit, and particle path.

Units without NR, trailing common nouns, unknown nodes, and incomplete particle chains are rejected.

num:2026 matches 2026년에는 when its numeral and unit analyses align, but not 2026학교에는, which has no NR-to-unit path.