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    The correct word order for this and that and numbers and classifiers

    Hi There,

    I'm struggling with the word order and I want to get it right before I memorize these basic sentences.
    If somebody can correctly translate these 7 sentences I would be very thankful.

    1) An old red car
    2) That old red car
    3) 2 red cars
    4) these 2 red cars
    5) 2 old red cars
    6) These two old red cars
    7) these 2 cars

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    Re: The correct word order for this and that and numbers and classifiers

    Quote Originally Posted by Raymond23 View Post
    Hi There,

    I'm struggling with the word order and I want to get it right before I memorize these basic sentences.
    If somebody can correctly translate these 7 sentences I would be very thankful.

    1) An old red car
    2) That old red car
    3) 2 red cars
    4) these 2 red cars
    5) 2 old red cars
    6) These two old red cars
    7) these 2 cars

    1) An old red car = öà¡èÒÊÕᴧ˹Ö觤ѹ
    2) That old red car = öà¡èÒÊÕá´§¤Ñ¹¹Ñè¹
    3) 2 red cars = öÊÕá´§Êͧ¤Ñ¹
    4) these 2 red cars = öÊÕá´§Êͧ¤Ñ¹¹Õé
    5) 2 old red cars = öà¡èÒÊÕá´§Êͧ¤Ñ¹
    6) These two old red cars = öà¡èÒÊÕá´§Êͧ¤Ñ¹¹Õé
    7) these 2 cars = öÊͧ¤Ñ¹¹Õé

    ö = car / vehicle
    à¡èÒ = old (pertaining to an object / things in general) / antique / former / previous / ex- (referring to a person eg:Όà¡èÒ = ex-boyfriend / ex-girlfriend)
    ÊÕ = colour
    á´§ = the colour red
    Êͧ = the numeric number 2
    ¤Ñ¹ = classifier for vehicles / cars / umbrellas
    ¹Õé = this / these
    ¹Ñè¹ = that / those

    ».Å. ö¹µì instead of merely ö may / should be used to improve formality

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    Re: The correct word order for this and that and numbers and classifiers

    Thank you very much Alvinkhoo for the translations and the clear explanations.
    With these sentences I can built a model for the same types of sentences.
    So this is very helpful for me.

    Thanks :-)

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