Ducks. Books. Trees. In English we have the pleasure of just tacking on an “s” at the end of the word and we make it plural. In Chinese, it’s not that easy. One book? Sure. You can get away without a measure word. But if you want to talk about two books, you’d better know […]
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A team, a flush and a raft
Published by December 8th, 2006 in ChinesePod and Measure words. 13 CommentsA team, a flush and a raft
Published by December 8th, 2006 in ChinesePod and Measure words. 13 CommentsDucks. Books. Trees. In English we have the pleasure of just tacking on an “s” at the end of the word and we make it plural. In Chinese, it’s not that easy. One book? Sure. You can get away without a measure word. But if you want to talk about two books, you’d better know […]
