Cidbøea Hii

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

Gwsuu

Luixpiet-suu

1. bøea
2. ciaq
3. zaang
4. luie
5. liap
6. tiaau
7. ee
8. tex
9. ky
10. purn