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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 (cit, nng, svaf) 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 (''cit'', ''nng'', ''svaf'') together with a [[lioxngsuu|classifier]] (the classifier will [[tone sandhi|change tone]] when spoken). For example:


; {{tts|cidtaai [[tiexnsi]]}}, {{tts|nngxtaai [[chiaf]]}}, {{tts|svataai [[lefngkhix]]}}, ...
; {{tts|cidtaai [[tiexnsi]]}}, {{tts|nngxtaai [[chiaf]]}}, {{tts|svataai [[lefngkhix]]}}, ...
: one television, two cars, three air conditioners ...
: one television, two cars, three air conditioners ...


For numbers greater than ten, ''{{x|id}}'' and ''{{x|ji}}'' begin to be used. For example:
From 11, ''{{x|id}}'' and ''{{x|ji}}'' begin to be used instead of ''cit'' & ''nng''. For example:


; {{tts|ji-zap-taai chiaf}}, {{tts|ji-zap-id-taai chiaf}}, {{tts|ji-zap-ji-taai chiaf}}, ...
; {{tts|ji-zap-taai chiaf}}, {{tts|ji-zap-id-taai chiaf}}, {{tts|ji-zap-ji-taai chiaf}}, ...
: 20, 21, 22, ...
: 20, 21, 22, ...


Once we get up to 100, count the hundreds place with ''{{x|cit}}'', ''{{x|nng}}'', ''{{x|svaf}}''... and from 101, the blank tens place is {{gt|khoxng|空|[[0|zero]]}}:
From 100, count the hundreds place with ''{{x|cit}}'', ''{{x|nng}}'', ''{{x|svaf}}''... and from 101, the blank tens place is {{gt|khoxng|空|[[0|zero]]}}:


; {{tx|cidpaq}}-taai, {{tx|cidpaq-khoxng-id}}-taai, {{tx|cidpaq-khoxng-ji}}, ...
; {{tx|cidpaq}}-taai, {{tx|cidpaq-khoxng-id}}-taai, {{tx|cidpaq-khoxng-ji}}, ...
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; {{tx|pah'id}}, {{tx|cidpaq-zab'id}}, ..., {{tx|pahji}}, {{tx|cidpaq-jixzap'id}}
; {{tx|pah'id}}, {{tx|cidpaq-zab'id}}, ..., {{tx|pahji}}, {{tx|cidpaq-jixzap'id}}
: 110, 111, ..., 120, 121
: '''110''', 111, ..., '''120''', 121


Now the hundreds place is counted with ''{{x|nng}}''.
As we said, the next hundreds place is counted with ''{{x|nng}}''.


; {{tx|nngxpaq}}, {{tx|nngxpaq-id}}, {{tx|nngxpaq-ji}}
; {{tx|nngxpaq}}, {{tx|nngxpaq-id}}, {{tx|nngxpaq-ji}}
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