A question of Japanese。?
what's the significance of 「め」 and 「なん」 in the following sentence:
「その七つめ、なんじゃないかなぁ。」
The context of the conversation is the seven wonders (of the world) and an occurrence that happened in the past. 七不思議と過去の出来事。
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Me is written in kanji with 目, and means -th in English.
So the Japanese text should go:
その七つ目、なんじゃないかなぁ。
Nan is an abbreviation of da + no. Da means to be. Instead of "no" you could also use koto, which means thing or matter.
Translation:
Isn't it the seventh?
P.S: Thank you for giving context.