chinachinaman

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From :   Kevin Chaput

Date : 2007-10-09 / 02:40AM

da jia zao shang hao!…i’m not completely sure when to use “er” or “liang”….i know when saying 2 people i say “liang wei”, and twice is “liang ci” right?…how about ordering food at a restaurant?…if i want 2 orders of something do i say “er ke” or “liang ke”?….谢谢你们是莫大

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managerbenny

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 Benny bennysland.com 
2007-10-09 / 09:44AM

Zao shang hao! Kevin, you should say “liang” when you ordering something. By the way, it should be “liang ge”, instead of “liang ke”. When 2 is used with “ge”, it’s always “liang”, we never say “er ge”.

谢谢你!

你的中文很好!

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chinachinaman

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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2007-10-09 / 11:14PM

thank you for correcting me!

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