Difference between revisions of "Measure words in quantity questions"

Revision as of 07:38, 22 November 2013

By "quantity questions," we mean asking "how much?" or "how many?" You're going to need to use the question word 几 (jǐ) and measure words for this.

You can use the quantity question word 几 instead of a number to ask about quantity with measure words.

Subject + Verb + 几 + MW + Noun？

几个人？How many people?
你在这里呆几天？How many days are you staying here?
你每天工作几个小时？How many hours do you work every day?
你家里有几个人？How many family members does your family have?
你有几个女朋友？How many girlfriends do you have?
你学了几年中文？How many years have you studied Chinese?
你认识几个中国人？How many Chinese people do you know?
你买了几个苹果？How many apples did you buy?
从这里到那里，需要几个小时？From here to there, it should take how many hours?
你喝了几瓶啤酒？How many bottles of beer did you drink?
你需要几张纸？How many pieces of paper do you need?? (Note: In English we say "piece" of paper, in Chinese we say a zhang[a flat spread thing] of paper.)

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 * 你 学 了 <em>几</em> 年 中文？<span class="trans">How many years have you studied Chinese?</span>
 * 你 认识 <em>几</em> 个 中国 人？<span class="trans">How many Chinese people do you know?</span>
-* 你 买 了 <em>几</em> 个 苹果？<span class="trans">How many apples have you bought?</span>
+* 你 买 了 <em>几</em> 个 苹果？<span class="trans">How many apples did you buy?</span>
 * 从 这里 到 那里，需要 <em>几</em> 个 小时？<span class="trans">From here to there, it should take how many hours?</span>
 * 你 喝 了 <em>几</em> 瓶 啤酒？<span class="trans">How many bottles of beer did you drink?</span>