"One hundred and one dogs drink two hundred and four bottles of wine."

[Bowsersboa]

Does anybody think this is weird?

[bernie75015]

Quite so, I am at a loss at what lẻ means

[CameronBirnie]

The word 'lẻ' represents the zero in the middle of the number. When I catch a taxi to my house in Hà Nội, for instance, I ask for street number 'hai lẻ một' (201).

[bernie75015]

Thanks dude

[Melarish]

I like how people find the Vietnamese language more weird than 101 dogs drinking 204 bottles of wine :)

[v.ivanov]

It's just an example phrase :) „In a language, if I want to say nonsense, I should have the way to“ or something like that (from an author of one of famous conlangs).

[Momeomeo]

uống nhiều rượu thế này chắc chủ nó điên lên mất

[Millieviet]

But you could also say "một trăm một"?

[quan11304]

Nope! That's definitely wrong! You can say ''một trăm lẻ một'' or ''một trăm linh một''! Either is fine!

[ArsenalTLH]

Yours is not wrong. It's still understandable to native Vietnamese

[Songve]

I thought number ending with one is mốt.

[Mmoaa]

One dogs?

[Wolfschwan]

what are the rules for when tư is used instead of bốn?

[jkIKht0z]

It is regional and personal preference. Both mean exactly the same when you count number.

[.-.kaiz.-.]

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