怎么 and 为什么

Question words used for numbers (10,15)

多少 duōshao how many and 几 jĭ how many are used to ask about quantity. 多少 duōshao how many is used to expect a number in the answer which is over ten, while the question word 几 jĭ how many is used to expect a number which is under ten .

你们系 有 几个 老师 , 多 少 学 生？

nĭmen xì yǒu jĭ ge lăoshī duōshao xuésheng ?

Wow many teachers and students are there in your department?

The speaker expects that there are fewer than ten teachers and more than ten students in the department. You might have noticed that in questions 几 jĭ is followed by a measure word , but 多少 duōshao is not. However, measure words are needed for answers with numbers: 我 们 系有 七个 老师 , 八 十 个 学 生？

wǒ men xì yǒu qī ge lăoshī bā shí ge xuésheng

In our department there are seven teachers and eighty students .

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Assignments .

Translate the following sentences into Chinese (10, 15 duoshao and ji)

1. How many friends do you have?
2. I have thirty friends. and you?
3. I don't have friends.
4. How many teachers do you have?
5. I have ten Chinese teachers.
6. How many good teachers do you have?
7. My teachers are all very good.