Difference between revisions of "Measure words in quantity questions"
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* 你们家 有 <em>几</em> 个 房间？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐmenjiā yǒu <em>jǐ</em> gè fángjiān?</span> <span class="trans">How many rooms are there in your house?</span> | * 你们家 有 <em>几</em> 个 房间？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐmenjiā yǒu <em>jǐ</em> gè fángjiān?</span> <span class="trans">How many rooms are there in your house?</span> | ||
* 你们 需要 <em>几</em> 碗 米饭？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ xūyào <em>jǐ</em> zhāng zhǐ?</span> <span class="trans">How many pieces of paper do you need? </span> | * 你们 需要 <em>几</em> 碗 米饭？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ xūyào <em>jǐ</em> zhāng zhǐ?</span> <span class="trans">How many pieces of paper do you need? </span> | ||
| − | * | + | * 他们 昨天 请 了 <em>几</em> 个 朋友 来 吃 晚饭？ <span class="pinyin">Māma wǎnshang zuò le <em>jǐ</em> gè cài?</span> <span class="trans">How many girlfriends do you have?</span> |
| − | * 你哥哥 结婚以前 有 <em>几</em> 个 | + | * 你哥哥 结婚以前 有 <em>几</em> 个 女朋友？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ gēge jiéhūn yǐqián yǒu <em>jǐ</em> gè nǚpéngyou?</span> <span class="trans">How many girlfriends did your elder brother have before he got married?</span> |
| − | * 你 | + | * 你 在 中国 的时候 去 过 <em>几</em> 个 大城市？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ <em>jǐ</em> gè Zhōngguó rén?</span> <span class="trans">How many Chinese people do you know?</span> |
* 从 这里 到 那里 ， 需要 <em>几</em> 个 小时 ？ <span class="pinyin">Cóng zhèlǐ dào nàli, xūyào <em>jǐ</em> gè xiǎoshí?</span> <span class="trans">From here to there, it should take how many hours?</span> | * 从 这里 到 那里 ， 需要 <em>几</em> 个 小时 ？ <span class="pinyin">Cóng zhèlǐ dào nàli, xūyào <em>jǐ</em> gè xiǎoshí?</span> <span class="trans">From here to there, it should take how many hours?</span> | ||
* �昨天 的 派对 他 一个人 喝 了 <em>几</em> 瓶 啤酒？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ hē le <em>jǐ</em> píng píjiǔ?</span> <span class="trans">How many bottles of beer did you drink?</span> | * �昨天 的 派对 他 一个人 喝 了 <em>几</em> 瓶 啤酒？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ hē le <em>jǐ</em> píng píjiǔ?</span> <span class="trans">How many bottles of beer did you drink?</span> | ||
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Quantity questions are phrases for asking things like "how much?" or "how many?" You're going to need to use the question word 几 (jǐ) and measure words for this.
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You can use the quantity question word 几 (jǐ) instead of a number to ask about quantity with measure words.
Subj. + Verb + 几 + Measure word + Noun？
Examples
- 你 有 几 个 孩子？ How many kids do you have?
- 你 在 这里 待 几 个 星期？ How many weeks are you staying here?
- 老板 每 天 工作 几 个 小时 ？ How many hours does the boss work every day?
- 你们家 有 几 个 房间？ How many rooms are there in your house?
- 你们 需要 几 碗 米饭？ How many pieces of paper do you need?
- 他们 昨天 请 了 几 个 朋友 来 吃 晚饭？ How many girlfriends do you have?
- 你哥哥 结婚以前 有 几 个 女朋友？ How many girlfriends did your elder brother have before he got married?
- 你 在 中国 的时候 去 过 几 个 大城市？ How many Chinese people do you know?
- 从 这里 到 那里 ， 需要 几 个 小时 ？ From here to there, it should take how many hours?
- �昨天 的 派对 他 一个人 喝 了 几 瓶 啤酒？ How many bottles of beer did you drink?
