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Date : 2007-10-28 / 01:41AM
Hi. I just started learning Mandarin and I’m a little confused with the number two. On all the lists of numbers that I’ve seen, the number 2 is “er”. But in certain phrases, like “Wo yao liang ge cai” it says “liang”
Please help :)
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Chinese Mandarin : Registered on : 2007-08-05 Language : None Posts : 0 Responses : 411 Comments : 2 |
| | Jenny Li hotmail.com
2007-10-28 / 01:39PM | | Hi,skylar.two= er2= liang3.
But when we say two persons ,we usually say liang3 ge4 ren2 in chinese. er2 usually used in counting numbers.
Am I right, Benny? | |
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| | Harmeet hotmail.co.uk
2007-10-28 / 02:53PM | | Yes Jenny that is correct | |
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Chinese Mandarin : Registered on : 2007-07-25 Language : None Posts : 2 Responses : 428 Comments : 0 |
| | Benny bennysland.com
2007-10-29 / 09:51AM | | Yes, number two is a little confused sometimes. Jenny thanks you are right. Let me explain it in detail:
1. When number two is used as ordinal number, we only say “er”, for example, “er nian ji” (the second grade), “di er tian” (the second day).
2. In front of measure word, we only use “liang”, for example, “liang zhang zhi” (two piece of paper), “liang ge ren” (two people). So Skylar now you should understand why we say “wo yao liang ge cai”, instead of “er ge cai”.
3. For phone number, only use “er”. | |
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