Cidbøea Hii
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Cidbøea Hii (一尾魚; One Tail of Fish...) (sorji, tan'ui/measure word liexnsip)
- Cidbøea hii, nngxciaq køef,
- One tail of fish, a pair of hens,
- svazaang chiu'ar, sieluie hoef,
- three trees, four flowers,
- goxliap viutøo, lagtiaau zhaekoef,
- five star fruits, six sponge gourds,
- chit'ee laang, ciah pøehtex køea,
- seven people eat eight pieces of rice cake,
- kawky pid, siar zabpurn zheq.
- nine pens write ten books.
Notes:
- the colloquial numbers are used for counting. they all change tone (already written out)
- the measure words (luixpiet-suu) all change tone. (seeTable of Classifiers)
- the final nouns (hii, køef, etc) don't change tone