"Чем банан отличается от огурца?"

Translation: How is a banana different from a cucumber?

[jsiehler]

Ah, cucumbers at last! I studied from FSI's Modern Russian textbook years ago and I got the distinct impression that the Russian diet was mostly cucumbers, rounded out with herring, bread, and shchi. But I've never forgotten how to ask Oleg to slice the cucumbers...

[Draco_Daniel]

well.... if we think this through... bananas are yellow and cucumbers are green .....I think....

[TimAgius]

Glad to be learning questions i will use in real life!

[alkajugl]

I'm just wondering if "banana" is the best translation for ванан. The picture they showed at the beginning of this lesson was definitely what I would call a pineapple. And in a previous lesson they showed little round fruits on a fruit plate that looked more like lemons than my idea of a banana. And yet, it is only reasonable to ask how a banana is different from a cucumber if they have something in common....like shape. So why can't DL get its hands on a picture of a cucumber-shaped banana?