Chinese in Daily Life--004: How to Read Number: 11 to 21

LISTEN-TEXT:


Hi, friends, today, I would like to show you how to read from 11 to 20 in Chinese. At the first, I would like to know whether you have remembered how to read from 0 to 10.


REVIEW FROM 0 TO 10LISTEN-TEXT:

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, +, =

PRONUNCIATION FROM 11 TO 20:

11:shi2 yi1   
12:shi2 er4
13:shi2 san1
14:shi2 si4
15:shi2 wu5
16:shi2 liu4
17:shi2 qi1
18:shi2 ba1
19:shi2 jiu3
20:er4 shi2
-:jian3
=:deng3 yu2

CHINESE CHARACTERS:

十一、十二、十三、十四、十五、十六、十七、十八、十九、二十


EXERCISES LISTEN-TEXT:

11 + 1 = 12: shi2 yi1 jia1 yi1 deng3 yu2 shi2 er4
12 + 2 = 14: shi2 er4 jia1 er4 deng3 yu2 shi2 si4
13 + 3 = 16:shi2 san1 jia1 san1 deng3 yu2 shi2 liu4
14 + 4 = 18: shi2 si4 jia1 si4 deng3 yu2 shi2 ba1
15 + 5 = 20: shi2 wu3 jia1 wu3 deng3 yu2 er4 shi2
20 - 5 = 15:er4 shi2 4 jian3 wu3 deng3 yu2 shi wu32
19 - 2 = 17: shi2 ju3 jian3 er4 deng3 yu2 <>shi2 qi2
18 - 4 = 14: shi2 ba1 jian3 si4 deng3 yu2 shi2 si4
20 - 0 = 20:er4 shi2 jian3 ling2 deng3 yu2 ling2

Ok, now let us read from 11 to 20 once more.

11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.

Now let us to read from 0 to 20 once:

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.

From the reading, we find that from 11 to 20, we can see, there is no a new word in fact, because every one is a 10 to plus 1 to 10, then, that is ok.


Ok, that's all for today, Next time, we will learn from 21 to 30.   If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, please write to shirley@ebirdge.cn, you are welcomed.

-- Shirley
Writen on Sat.,Aug 20, 2005
Edited on Sun.,Aug 21, 2005