"Ninety Yuan"

Translation: 九十元

[RavinDave]

How do the tone patterns of "jiǔ shí yuán" change here and what is the rule? It sounds like 3rd Tone "jiǔ" becomes a 4th tone.

[ElMeuNom]

Yes, third tone usually becomes fourth tone before other tones. A third tone before a third tone becomes second tone.

[KX3.]

The third tone, or 3, becomes the second tone before a second tone.

For three third tones in a row, or 3 3 3, the rule depends on which two tones form the main phrase, or (3 3).

(3 3) 3 = 2 2 3

3 (3 3) = 3 2 3

[hot_polyglot]

Can this be said as 九十 块 人民币 （jiu shi kuai ren min bi)?

[KX3.]

No, people usually say 九十块 or 九十元; 九十块人民币 would be like saying ninety bucks american dollars.

[kaylameow]

Confused as to how I'd be expected to know this having not been taught the meaning of any of the characters in these lessons.

[LazyEinstein]

Scroll over the answer selections and a pop-up definition will appear.

[Kaci.Hill]

My guess is since we're absolute beginners it's like training wheels. It'll go away.

[Noel435839]

Again only one choice! Put some effort into the multiple choice questions. Or ARE you wasting people's time on purpose?

[allieK4Christ]

Noel435839, how many times do you say the same thing? I don't like you post but I am going to press green instead of red, because you spelled everything correctly.

Pray to God

[HarryGreen120683]

Upvoted him because im frustrated with these dumb questions too

[jordanahh]

“Yuan” is only acceptable for RMB(人民幣), but “dollar” is a common unit of other kind of dollars(貨幣).

So, “dollars” should be used instead of “yuan”.