Objects, quantities and buying
| English | 中文 | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| measure word | 个 | gè |
| price | 价格 | jià gé |
A decision before an answer
- You want two cups, but 二杯 does not include the measure word. Say 两杯water水 for two cups of water.
- Your goal: Name and describe common objects.
Read the relationship
- Use quantity + measure word + noun. 一个apple苹果 is one apple; 两个apple苹果 is two apples.
- Ask quantities and prices and express buying wishes.
Choose the usual counted phrase:
Number, measure word, noun is the normal order.
Use the defining rule
- two两 commonly counts objects before a measure word. two二 remains in number names, dates and many ordered numbers.
- Read simple product labels and ownership information.
多少钱？ asks about:
It asks how much money.
Check the conditions
- to ask问how many / how much多少coin钱 asks the price. I / me我want / think / miss想to buy买… states a buying wish; 我要… requests an item.
- Read simple product labels and ownership information.
Customer: 我要两个apple苹果。Seller: 十块钱。Question: to buy买what什么？—apple苹果。to buy买a few几个？—两个。how many / how much多少coin钱？—十块钱。The dialogue contains three distinct facts; match the right one to each question.
“My book”: 我____书。
的 marks possession.
Apply the task format
- Use (of / 's)的 for ownership: I / me我(of / 's)的book书 is my book. Read quantity, item and price separately on a simple label.
- Read simple product labels and ownership information.
Do not omit the measure word in an ordinary counted noun phrase. Learn noun–measure-word combinations in context.
Which answer fits this case?
Name and describe common objects
A product’s number is always its price.
A label may show quantity, date or code; identify the field.
Keep the distinctions
- measure word classifier (in Chinese…量词 — A counting word used with a noun.
- price price价格 — The amount paid for an item.
- Name and describe common objects.
- Ask quantities and prices and express buying wishes.
- Read simple product labels and ownership information.
Match each term with its precise meaning in this lesson.
Keep the distinctions stated in the teaching example.
Put this lesson’s reasoning or event sequence in order.
The order follows the stated process; check each stage before the next.