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Lesson 2 - Numbers & Measure Words

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This episode goes over the numbers 1-10 as well as how to make larger numbers. Then we explain measure words and what they are. There are tons of measure words so we only go over 3. 个，本， 份

Here's a few links that go along with this lesson. Thank you to Isabelle Frank for recording our example sentences this week!

Practice these aloud! Practicing aloud is the key to getting comfortable speaking and using mandarin language (or any new language for that matter). 

Numbers

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-cnn56PlMfEJom88gVWl_GxZPHtyyGMuHR98y8YELE4/edit?usp=sharing

List of Mandarin measure words

https://employees.csbsju.edu/hjakubowski/classes/ChinaStudyAbroad/list_of_chinese_measure_words.htm


This episode’s example sentences:

  1. 我要两杯珍珠奶茶 - Wǒ yào liǎng bēi zhēnzhū nǎichá “I want two cups of bubble tea”
  2. 我有两个姐姐一个妹妹 - Wǒ yǒu liǎnggè jiějiě yīgè mèimei. “I have two older sisters and one younger sister.



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