Week 7: Figures

大家好！

This week we learned….  NUMBERS!
which is my weakest topic among all. I dont know, my brain picks up things like these really really slowly.

BUT lucky for me, I had a head start (thanks to kindergarten). So I am pretty okay when it comes to numbers. Basically, I already know numbers from 0 till 9 really well and I can grasp the concept of numbers quite fast too :D

Besides numbers, we learned about dates :D
like, birthdate and what's the date today (things like that)

to ask about the date, we go;

几月几号？(jintian, ji yue ji hao)

or

几号？(ji hao)

to specifically ask for a certain date, just add it infront.
e.g;
你的生日几月几号？(ni de shengri ji yue ji hao?)
translation: when is your birthday?

今天几月几号？(jintian ji yue ji hao?)
translation: what is the date today?


to state the date, we go;
(number)年 (number)月 (number)号

eg;
22nd June 1994

一九九四年 六月二十二号


Note:
for months, we just add the number of the month infront of 月(yue)
一月- January
二月- February
三月- March

aaaand so on

for days of the week is the same concept except we put numbers after the word 星期(xingqi)

星期一 -Monday
星期二 -Tuesday
星期三 -Wednesday

however, Sunday is sliiiightly different because it is a direct translation of SUNday. Sun is called 日(ri) so…
星期日 (xingqi ri)


next, we learnt about.. MONEYYY!
money in mandarin is called; 钱 qian

to ask about the pricing, we go;

多少钱？(duoshao qian?)

e.g;
这个 东西 多少钱？(zhe ge dongxi, duoshao qian?)
direct translation: this item, how much money?
translation: How much is the pricing for this item?


moving on,
there are three systems to state the price of an item.

1. china formal system
2. informal system
3. malaysia formal system

we use the informal system a lot in conversations.

___块(kuai)____毛(mao)___分(fen)
kuai- ringgit
mao- 10 sen
fen- 1 sen

e.g;
RM15.45
十五块  四毛   五分



That is all for nowww~

Sabrina上