Two questions about measure word 个
1. "我想读书"
2 "我想读个书".
What's difference?
The second sentence means that I want to read THIS book, and the first sentence means that I want to read any book, am I right? Is it like articles A/An and The in English?
个 is universal measure word. So can I always use it instead of others measure words?
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Answers · 7
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Ruosi is right. I'm just giving you an example to further explain it.
Tom：你昨天和老同学见面干什么了？（what did you do when you met with your former classmates yesterday?）
Jerry：没什么特别的，就是吃个饭，聊个天什么的。（nothing special, you know, having dinner, catching up (with each other), blablabla...）
When Jerry answered Tom, he talked in an informal and relaxed way.
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The first sentence is much formaler than the second one. 个here is not a measure word,but a word used to change the rhythm. 个 here is meaningless. Both sentences means i want to read.
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