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4 example, wo(3) xiang(3) mai(3) ji(3)...
QUOTE (Lianbang Diaocha Ju @ Nov 2 2008, 12:02 AM) 
4 example, wo(3) xiang(3) mai(3) ji(3)...
It depends. For example:
wo(3) xiang(3) usually becomes wo(2) xiang(3)
wo(3) xiang(3) mai(3) ji(3)zhi(1)bi(3).(我想买几支笔/I want to buy some pens.) becomes
wo(2) xiang(3) mai(2) ji(3)zhi(1)bi(3).
wo(3) xiang(3) mai(3) ji(3)ben(3)hen(3)hao(3)de(none)shu(1) (我想买几本很好的书。/I want to buy some really good books.)becomes
wo(2) xiang(3) mai(3) ji(2)ben(3)hen(2)hao(3)de(none)shu(1).
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