Approximating with sequential numbers · Aproximación con números consecutivos
An estimate differs from a sum
- You did not count the visitors exactly but saw roughly five or six.
- 来了五六个人。 — 五六 estimates about five or six people.
An estimate differs from a sum
- You did not count the visitors exactly but saw roughly five or six.
- to come来(completed / change)了五六个person人。 — 五六 estimates about five or six people.
You did not count the visitors exactly but saw roughly five or six. What does 来了五六个人。 communicate?
五六 estimates about five or six people. Adjacent-number estimates are not addition: 五六 is not eleven. The common estimate 两三个 uses 两. Learn established forms instead of concatenating any pair of numerals.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is Approximating with sequential numbers · Aproximación con números consecutivos. Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
come来了five or six五六(measure word)个people人。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Five or six people came: 来了 ____ 个人。
Two consecutive numbers = an estimate: 五六个 = five or six. · Dos números consecutivos = una estimación: 五六个 = cinco o seis.
Read examples in context
here这儿have有ten-something十几(measure word)本book书。
- In the opening example, 来了五六个人。: 五六 estimates about five or six people.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
here这儿have有ten-something十几(measure word)本book书。
- In the opening example, to come来(completed / change)了五六个person人。: 五六 estimates about five or six people.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Which gives an approximate amount? · ¿Cuál da una cantidad aproximada?
Consecutive numbers (两三, 五六) estimate; a single number is exact. · Los números consecutivos (两三, 五六) estiman; un número único es exacto.
Build: “Five or six people came.” · Construye: “Cinco o seis personas vinieron.”
Verb + Number-Number + Measure + Noun: 来了 + 五六个 + 人. · Verbo + Número-Número + Medida + Sustantivo: 来了 + 五六个 + 人.
Know the boundary
- Adjacent-number estimates are not addition: 五六 is not eleven.
- The common estimate 两三个 uses 两. Learn established forms instead of concatenating any pair of numerals.
Know the boundary
- Adjacent-number estimates are not addition: 五六 is not eleven.
- The common estimate 两三个 uses two两. Learn established forms instead of concatenating any pair of numerals.
十几 means exactly ten. · “十几” significa exactamente diez.
十几 = ten-something (11–19), an estimate. · 十几 = diez y algo (11–19), una estimación.
In the opening situation: 五六 estimates about five or six people.
Adjacent-number estimates are not addition: 五六 is not eleven. The common estimate 两三个 uses 两. Learn established forms instead of concatenating any pair of numerals. 五六 estimates about five or six people.
Use the distinction
- 五六 estimates about five or six people.
- Adjacent-number estimates are not addition: 五六 is not eleven. The common estimate 两三个 uses 两. Learn established forms instead of concatenating any pair of numerals.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Numbers.
Use the distinction
- 五六 estimates about five or six people.
- Adjacent-number estimates are not addition: 五六 is not eleven. The common estimate 两三个 uses two两. Learn established forms instead of concatenating any pair of numerals.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Numbers.