When counting , for example from 1 to 5 are you supposed to add ge? as in yi1 ge, liang3 ge,.....
On the Cd that comes with my book, when they count from one to five instead of counting yi1, liang3, san1 etc. they say yi1 ge, liang3 ge, san1 ge............

Another Cd I have does not include ge when simply counting. Is this "ge" they are using a measure word? If so , I could see it being used if they were counting something such as 2 ducks or 3 books but does anyone use a measure word when simply counting?

If it isn't a measure word then what is it and why does one Cd have "ge" after every number and the other does not?

Question

When counting , for example from 1 to 5 are you supposed to add ge? as in yi1 ge, liang3 ge,.....
On the Cd that comes with my book, when they count from one to five instead of counting yi1, liang3, san1 etc. they say yi1 ge, liang3 ge, san1 ge............

Another Cd I have does not include ge when simply counting. Is this "ge" they are using a measure word? If so , I could see it being used if they were counting something such as 2 ducks or 3 books but does anyone use a measure word when simply counting?

If it isn't a measure word then what is it and why does one Cd have "ge" after every number and the other does not?

Answer

"ge" is a measure word, and in different situations we use different measure words, such as "a pair of shoes" (yi shuang xie) “shuang” in the sentence is also a measure word. when people say something, there will be a measure word following the number. but when we just count the number , there need no measure words.

Answer

In simply counting use man not "ge".  Simply yi, er, san, si, ....

When people doing counting, measure words will be used.  For example when counting books, yi ben (一本)， liang ben (两本), .......... Sometimes they also simply say yi, er, san, si,.....

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