the use of gè

emikokingThu, 11 Jun 2009 13:48:45 -0500
NIhao,

Does gè mean anything on its own?
why is it in yî gè yuè to say one month?
JC604Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:07:54 -0500
It means "only."
So in essence, the phrase is "only one month."
OggiedoggySun, 12 Jul 2009 06:15:27 -0500
Ge4 / (Ge5) is the universal measure word, that you can use when there isn't another measure word to use, or you don't remember the right one. One measure word month.

Yi4 Bei1 Ju2zi5shui3
A Measure word for glass/cup orange juice.


EDIT!!!!!!!

- After taking a Mandarin course in college I have learned that saying orange juice like how I did so above will only get you blank stares. use cheng2zhi1 or ju2zizhi1 instead.
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