數字Numbers - Page 2

pluiepoco · 07-15-2005, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by xpsal

My first lesson is cardinal and ordinal numbers, it seems soooo easy so far, thanks Pluipoco,
so if I want to say I was born in the year 一千九百七十九 is it the correct order for 1979? and I have 二十六 years for 26 ?
I'm just trying to test myself

Your first 1979 is mathematically correct, but when we remember the YEAR, we usually just speak literally each and every numbers singly, like一九七九, anyway your counting is accurate! Great!
I Will Try out Your Way:
我（出）生于一九七九年，今年二十六岁。Ex1
or我一九七九年生，今年二十六岁。Ex2
Meaning "I was born in (the year of ) 1979, and now I'm 26 (years old)".
EX1 literally reads word by word in English as: I Birth(Born) In 1979 Year, Now 26 Years.
EX2: I 1979 Born, Now 26 Years.

我I, me
出生birth, born
于 in, of
一九七九年year of 1979
今年this year, current year while 今is today literally, and 年is year.
二十六岁age of 26, aged 26 while 岁equals to year, which is often used to one's age.

pluiepoco · 07-15-2005, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonne

nice

can i also get the tones for numbers? and yeah, do you write years like that.. a number by number?

零（○）ling2
一yi1
二er4
三san1
四si4
五wu3
六liu4
七qi1
八ba1
九jiu3
十shi2

Yes. Year is counted number by number.

Jonne · 07-15-2005, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pluiepoco

零（○）ling2
一yi1
二er4
三san1
四si4
五wu3
六liu4
七qi1
八ba1
九jiu3
十102

Yes. Year is counted number by number.

谢谢
humm it looks scary when you write years like that

pluiepoco · 07-15-2005, 09:21 AM

Nowadays, modern Chinese like to write that way, but in ancient literature, you can also find the Year was written classically, as Salim did.

Like The 9-11Terrorist Attack
We speak like this, 九-一一恐怖（主义）袭击
sounds like: Jiu3 yao1 yao1 kong3 bu4 (zhu3 yi4) Xi1 Ji1
here the 一(1)is not pronounced yi1 but yao1, because it is oral Chinese.

pluiepoco · 07-15-2005, 09:34 AM

Although there are numbers like千(1,000)、万(10,000)、亿(100,000,000)、兆(1,000,000, 000), we usually count just to thousands, that's enough.

pluiepoco · 07-15-2005, 10:11 AM

In More's E-code transmission, 0 and 1 pronounce Dong4 and Yao1, because the 0 is like a hole（洞）, which pronounces Dong4.

xpsal · 07-15-2005, 10:16 AM

Actually I think it's easier that way, nymber by number... way easier

so this 出生 can be a noun (birth) and a past participle (born)?

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pluiepoco Mr. Genius Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shanghai, China Posts: 1,192 Blog Entries: 4 pluiepoco came out of the blue	Nowadays, modern Chinese like to write that way, but in ancient literature, you can also find the Year was written classically, as Salim did. Like The 9-11Terrorist Attack We speak like this, 九-一一恐怖（主义）袭击 sounds like: Jiu3 yao1 yao1 kong3 bu4 (zhu3 yi4) Xi1 Ji1 here the 一(1)is not pronounced yi1 but yao1, because it is oral Chinese. __________________ 刘晓雨 pluiepoco Home of Asia, 中国语言论坛(Chinese Forum of Languages), 西瓜村 Last edited by pluiepoco; 07-15-2005 at 09:29 AM.
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pluiepoco Mr. Genius Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shanghai, China Posts: 1,192 Blog Entries: 4 pluiepoco came out of the blue	Although there are numbers like千(1,000)、万(10,000)、亿(100,000,000)、兆(1,000,000, 000), we usually count just to thousands, that's enough. __________________ 刘晓雨 pluiepoco Home of Asia, 中国语言论坛(Chinese Forum of Languages), 西瓜村
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pluiepoco Mr. Genius Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shanghai, China Posts: 1,192 Blog Entries: 4 pluiepoco came out of the blue	In More's E-code transmission, 0 and 1 pronounce Dong4 and Yao1, because the 0 is like a hole（洞）, which pronounces Dong4. __________________ 刘晓雨 pluiepoco Home of Asia, 中国语言论坛(Chinese Forum of Languages), 西瓜村
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xpsal The Linguanaut Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,783 xpsal has a spectacular aura about	Actually I think it's easier that way, nymber by number... way easier so this 出生 can be a noun (birth) and a past participle (born)? __________________ - Learn Arabic, Arabic Calligraphy, Spanish, Arabic Keyboard - Phrases in more than 52 languages - Try some Brain Games. Salim ۞ ۩ ۝ ۩۩۩
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