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== To count "how many" ==
== To count "how many" ==
To count "how many", "{{w|cardinal numbers}}" are used. Use the colloquial system together with a [[lioxngsuu|classifier]] (the classifier will [[tone sandhi|change tone]] when spoken). For example:
To count "how many", "{{w|cardinal numbers}}" are used. Use the colloquial system together with a [[lioxngsuu|classifier]] (the classifier will [[tone sandhi|change tone]] when spoken). For example:
; {{tts|cidtaai [[tiexnsi]]}}, nngxtaai tiexnsi, svataai tiexnsi, ...
: one television, two televisions, ...


; {{tts|ji-zap-taai [[chiaf]]}}, {{tts|ji-zap-id-taai chiaf}}, {{tx|ji-zap-ji-taai chiaf}}
; {{tts|cidtaai [[tiexnsi]]}}, {{tts|nngxtaai [[chiaf]]}}, {{tts|svataai [[lefngkhix]]}}, ...
: 20 cars, 21 cars, 22 cars, ...
: one television, two cars, three air conditioners ...


For numbers greater than ten, ''{{x|id}}'' and ''{{x|ji}}'' are used in the lower positions. For example:
For numbers greater than ten, ''{{x|id}}'' and ''{{x|ji}}'' begin to be used. For example:
;120 is ''{{x|pahji}}'', 220 is ''nngxpahji'' and 1,100 is ''cidzheng'id''. {{gt|Khoxng|空}} is used similar to ''o'' for [[0|zero]]:


;{{x|svapaq}} khoxng go
; {{tts|ji-zap-taai chiaf}}, {{tts|ji-zap-id-taai chiaf}}, {{tts|ji-zap-ji-taai chiaf}}, ...
:three hundred and five (305)
: 20, 21, 22, ...


;{{tx|nngxpaq, nngxchiefn, nngxban}}  
If you have a hundreds place, count it with ''{{x|cit}}'', ''{{x|nng}}'', ''{{x|svaf}}''... and from 101, the blank tens place is {{gt|khoxng|空|[[0|zero]]}}:
:200, 2000, 20,000
 
; {{tx|cidpaq}}-taai, {{tx|cidpaq-khoxng-id}}-taai, {{tx|cidpaq-khoxng-ji}}, ...
: 100, 101, 102, ...
 
There are shortcuts when the ones place is blank:
 
; {{tx|pah'id}}, {{tx|cidpaq-zab'id}}, ..., {{tx|pahji}}, {{tx|cidpaq-jixzap'id}}
: 110, 111, ..., 120, 121
 
Now the hundreds place is counted with ''{{x|nng}}''.
 
; {{tx|nngxpaq}}, {{tx|nngxpaq-id}}, {{tx|nngxpaq-ji}}
: 200, 210, 220
 
Thousands:
; {{tx|cidzhefng}}, {{tx|zheng'id}} / {{tx|cidzheng'id}}, {{tx|nngxchiefn}}
: 1,000, 1,100, 2,000
 
Ten thousand:
; {{tx|cidban}}, {{tx|cidban-id}}, ..., {{tx|nngxban}}, ...
: 10,000, 11,000, ..., 20,000


== Other cases ==
== Other cases ==
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