TaxiAsh 37 Report post Posted March 21, 2020 On 3/20/2020 at 4:31 PM, Dawei3 said: It took me ~3 months to begin to hear tones @Dawei3 May I trouble you further? I was talking to someone and this '3 months' thing came into play I was asked how long learning? I don't know how to distinguish 3 months, and March. (same with days as well as months) Is there a word placed in the middle, like with 3 people? sorry again basics! but I can't seem to work this out, and not in films 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imron 5,259 Report post Posted March 23, 2020 On 3/21/2020 at 1:39 PM, TaxiAsh said: May I trouble you further? You absolutely can, just remember that new threads are free, and if you have a new question unrelated to a previous thread, you'll see a better response if you start a new thread. With that in mind, I've split this off from the "Introduce Yourself" topic, because it has nothing to do with introducing yourself @TaxiAsh, P.S. with regards to your question in the other thread about quoting, just highlight the text you'd like to quote and a button should popup saying "Quote selection". Click that, and the text will be inserted as a quote in the reply field. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mungouk 1,019 Report post Posted July 14, 2020 On 3/21/2020 at 1:39 PM, TaxiAsh said: I don't know how to distinguish 3 months, and March March = 三月 Sān yuè (third month) 3 months = 三个月 Sān gè yuè gè 个 is a general-purpose measure word. https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_words_for_counting Measure words, also known as classifiers, are a fascinating sub-topic in themselves. There are hundreds of them. https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_word 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites