Saturday, 9 July 2016

grammar - Tracing subject sentence and missing classifier


In the following sentence I am not sure if the subject is 始末したコボルト or not. I guess it is the subject and not the group in which is plunged searching for shelter. Is it correct?



始末したコボルトを盾にするように群へと突っ込み、二匹のコボルトを巻き込んで地面に倒れ込む


“The goblin of which I got rid throws himself into the group in search of shelter and collapses to the ground, dragging with him two goblins.”




This is the other sentence with a problem for me:



今、四匹目を腹をかっさばいて残るは二


“Now, I break the fourth belly and remain two.”



If my interpretation is correct, why is 二 not followed by the 匹 classifier?




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