Q&A - P1 Chinese

[Castle House]

:shock: I am really surprised.. that it is not yi li ping guo.. yi li cheng...


but yi ge..

[SAHM_TAN]

I think the yi li could be a direct translation from dialect.

[Champion]

Castle House:

:shock: I am really surprised.. that it is not yi li ping guo.. yi li cheng...


but yi ge..

Yes, Castle House - so even now I am still learning & accepting the \"new truth\"!

[ChiefKiasu]

Champion:

Castle House:

:shock: I am really surprised.. that it is not yi li ping guo.. yi li cheng...


but yi ge..

Yes, Castle House - so even now I am still learning & accepting the \"new truth\"!

:yikes: so we have been speaking Singnese all this time? I've heard of store keepers in Sim Lim Square calling their harddisks as \"粒\" in hokkien. \"Ah Ben arh... hor wah zick liap HDD eh sai beh?\"

[janet88]

By right, it should be

一粒萍果/橙 and not 一个.
Such forms of measurement should be taught correctly from P1.

一个 can be used for 人，书包，字.

[Champion]

janet_lee88:

By right, it should be

一粒萍果/橙 and not 一个.
Such forms of measurement should be taught correctly from P1.

一个 can be used for 人，书包，字.

Hi Janet,
Probably you refer back to your previous post http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=25110&start=30

Guess probably P1 they have been corrected and used 一个人 /萍果

[corneyAmber]

janet_lee88:

By right, it should be

一粒萍果/橙 and not 一个.
Such forms of measurement should be taught correctly from P1.

一个 can be used for 人，书包，字.

一个苹果/橙 is correct
一粒 is used for very tiny size items like 米, 豆, etc..

[poppy15]

so the final conclusion is yi ge for fruits... and yi li for smaller items... :boogie:

[poppy15]

janet_lee88:

poppy15:

一个，一粒， 一把， 一部......

So far, for P1 as follows:
一个人 / 萍果
一朵花
一片叶子 / 树林 / 面包
一只狗
一支笔

wont be suprised to see 一只笔... ya know... :evil:

[dorisp]

Learnt something new. Interesting. I didn't know I was wrong all these while when I say \"yi li ping guo....\"


Yours truly,

doris lian..... :oops: