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

Translation: Một trăm lẻ một con chó uống hai trăm lẻ bốn chai rượu.

[Jozikorn]

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).

[GinDaw]

I'm worried about the dogs in Vietnam...and a little jealous;-)

[Momeomeo]

uống nhiều rượu thế này chắc chủ nó điên lên mất

[Mirrachan]

Yes right

[Khanh9167]

Kkk

[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.

[Hfhvgkbffr]

However, when referring to Wednesday, always use Tư instead of Bốn although both mean number 4

[Lazuli_Love]

Why is it wrong to use a classifier here? I thought when using nimbers, one has to use a classifier like cái.

[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!

[Mmoaa]

One dogs?

[.-.kaiz.-.]

ôi vãi câu khó vậy

[GordonB3]

Inconsistency re use of linh, lẻ

[LeGinot]

Why is "cái chai" with classifier not good here ?

[vngdhuyen]

excuse my laziness, I'm just going to share links to answers I have given to people who asked similar questions.

• uncountable nouns and mesure words
• units of measurement vs. instruments of measurement
• examples of units of measurement and instruments of measurement

[StewartMM]

Every dog drinks two, but two dogs drink three, is my conclusion.

[OngDuDu]

Are these dogs dalmatians?