Comments on: Chinese Culture-The Five Friendlies: A Gift from China to the World http://www.common-speech.com/blog/2008/01/02/chinese-culture-the-five-friendlies-a-gift-from-china-to-the-world/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: rjberki http://www.common-speech.com/blog/2008/01/02/chinese-culture-the-five-friendlies-a-gift-from-china-to-the-world/#comment-356 rjberki Tue, 06 May 2008 16:23:13 +0000 http://www.common-speech.com/blog/2008/01/02/chinese-culture-the-five-friendlies-a-gift-from-china-to-the-world/#comment-356 I'm not too sure what the measure word is for drinks.. but like they say.. when in doubt, use ge. :) I guess if there were bottles and cans of cola on offer, you would have to specify that you want a can of cola so I guess you would say yīge guàntóu de kělè but I doubt it would be necessary if there was only cans on offer. The easiest and shortest way of saying something in most languages is generally the most used way.. :) I’m not too sure what the measure word is for drinks.. but like they say.. when in doubt, use ge. :)

I guess if there were bottles and cans of cola on offer, you would have to specify that you want a can of cola so I guess you would say yīge guàntóu de kělè but I doubt it would be necessary if there was only cans on offer. The easiest and shortest way of saying something in most languages is generally the most used way.. :)

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