nico

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From :   Nicolas Vanegas

Date : 2009-09-21 / 12:31AM

benny i want to know what is the difference between 二 (er)and 两 (liang) in what case i must use this number, well i wait again your answer ok 下次见

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-09-21 / 09:16AM

Hi Nicolas,

When “2” used as a number or a single digit, we say “èr”.

When it is used with a “measure word”. like “gè, bēi, píng” we say “liǎng”

Benny



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nico

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 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2009-09-21 / 10:20AM

hi benny, can you put some examples please, well thanks again bye

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 Phoebe Sun [سون جينغ] gmail.com 
2009-09-21 / 06:35PM

wǒ zhù zài 2(er) lóu
wǒ jiā diàn huà hào mǎ shì 2(er)xxxxxxx

wǒ yào mǎi liǎng jín / tiáo yú
wǒ qù guò liǎng cì



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