TSUMUGU · TBCL 1 (est.) · 語法
地點表達
grammar point · tier 4 · address / location order (large unit → small)
Location order: an address names the largest container first and narrows to the exact spot, running country, city, road, number.
字源 FORM what the parts do
Slots run outside in: the widest container first, then each smaller one nested inside, down to the single point.
故事 STORY a scene to remember it by
A camera starts on the whole country, then closes in step by step until it rests on one door.
自撰記憶法
框 · Frame
[country] [city] [road] [number]
觸 · Trigger
You are giving an address or pinning a place, and need the order the parts go in.
序 · The move
1start with the widest containeris anything bigger left unsaid?
2add the next smaller unit inside itdoes each unit sit inside the one before?
3end on the exact point, the numberis the smallest unit last, not first?
例 · Examples
1臺灣臺中中山北路123號
No. 123 Zhongshan North Road, Taichung, Taiwan
界 · Boundary
時間表達Both run large to small; time narrows year to minute, place narrows country to number. Same direction, different units.
123號中山北路臺中臺灣 → 臺灣臺中中山北路123號
臺中臺灣中山北路 → 臺灣臺中中山北路
number fronted: 123號臺中 → 臺中…123號
English addresses run small to large (number first, country last); Chinese reverses it, running large to small. Learners write the order backwards.