how do you count 0~10 in your language?
By tomcai2007
@tomcai2007 (69)
China
October 25, 2007 10:25pm CST
mandarin
0 ling like lin in link
1 yi like yea in yeast
2 er like ar in car(GA)
3 san like sun
4 si like /s/, but long
5 wu like woo
6 liu like lu in lucid
7 qi like chee in cheeze
8 ba like bar(RP)
9 jiu like jo in joker
10 shi like /sh/, but long
if you want get 11,just put shi and yi together, and you can get 12~99 that way.
3 responses
@ebtenorio (765)
• Philippines
13 Nov 07
In one of the dialects here in the Philippines, the Chavacano (or Chabacano), we count it this way:
1 - uno
2 - dos
3 - tres
4 - cuatro
5 - cinco
6 - seis
7 - siete
8 - ocho
9 - nueve
10 - diez
Somehow, this dialect is a creol of the Spanish language... But mainly based on the Mexican Spanish, and mixed with local words here.
Good day!
@tomcai2007 (69)
• China
16 Nov 07
it's quite interesting.could you tell me wether a chavacano can talk with a spanish in their own languages?
@writermom8 (913)
• Philippines
26 Oct 07
Nice topic! I have always been interested in other languages and whenever I meet new friends from other countries, counting one to ten (aside from how to say I love you) is one of the things I ask to be taught about :)
In the Philippines, this is how we count in the Tagalog dialect:
1 - isa
2 - dalawa
3 - tatlo
4 - apat
5 - lima
6 - anim
7 - pito
8 - walo
9 - siyam
10 - sampu
Have fun! :)
@krayzee (1160)
• Romania
26 Oct 07
That is quite interesting, thanks for sharing :)
I've always wondered how do you count to 100 in Mandarin (no, really), especially for the composed numbers like say 34.
I would tell you how one counts to ten in my language but I have no idea how to describe the pronunciation :(
@tomcai2007 (69)
• China
27 Oct 07
you know chinese is toned language,every word has a tone.different tones have different meaning.i just gave you a general pronounciation,and i have no way to describe the tones by words.
