"一个米饭多少钱？"
Translation:How much does a serving of rice cost?
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Agreed, but I think they say 一个 because we havent learned the word for bowl (碗)
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Teaching somebody a bad habit and then trying to change the habit is not a good way to teach.
I'm guessing that either some native Mandarin speakers would use ge for this or that this question was created by an English speaker with some medium level of Chinese knowledge.
From Duolingo's lessons, I've realized that;
一个米饭 = 1 serving of rice 一碗米饭 = 1 bowl of rice
So maybe they're not the same thing?
As usual their Chinese is fine and they lack as usual flexibility in their English. Don't let it get you all balled up, even if they are ripping your heart out over it. You get a hard for every bit of review you do, so when you make a mistake or four or five mistakes, but before you get down to your last heart, just do a little review. Don't enter a new lesson without at least three or four hearts.
What is with all the 个s, i get why you would do this for rare measure words but common ones? Once learned hard to unlearn
There is no word for bowl in the Chinese sentence. Which is why the "correct" translation is really incorrect. It should just be "one rice" with bowl or portion implicit
Yeah, this. If you went to a restaurant and wanted a serving of rice with whatever dish you bought. You might just say, "I'll take a serving of rice."
There's no word for bowl and I'm not sure why you would just assume bowl.
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wan. 碗. Chinese has specific counters. In the same way that English has a head of lettuce, the correct phrasing here should use wan.
Like someone said before，"一碗饭多少块／钱？" is much more natural, the way this is phrased makes it sound like "How much does one rice cost"
I am with all of you (perhaps other Australians) here. I would suggest that it is very normal for Australians to ask 'how much is one (a) serve of...' and that asking in such a manner is by no means impolite, blunt or demanding (no offence taken Celticfiddleguy). Duo, please update to permit this response so that it reflects another dialect of 'native' and colloquial English. Tbh, asking 'how much is one serving of ..." sounds much less natural - even for a highly educated, socially aware, polite and seasoned Aussie diner like myself ;). If in doubt about the colloquial Australian usage of 'serve', follow the link to an official Australian Government website which repeatedly uses the term 'serve' to describe a serving of something - https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/food-essentials/how-much-do-we-need-each-day/serve-sizes. Thanks Duo!
It would need to be "a/1 SERVING of rice". Also your sentence is rather blunt and demanding. It would be better to say "how much is it for a serving of rice" or "how much is a serving of rice"
I think "a serve" is perfectly correct. Maybe it's an Australian thing. https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/food-essentials/how-much-do-we-need-each-day/serve-sizes
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Blunt perhaps but in no way demanding, simple and direct. I'm not convinced that serve can't substitute for serving.
After reading the comments below and confirming with a Chinese speaker, I think I will report this as an incorrect Mandarin sentence the next time this sentence comes up on the module
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Yes it's incorrect. That's how lots of Europeans and speakers of other languages with not so good English would say it. Native speakers always put "cost" at the end, not right after "does".
well, the translation does CH-> EN, not EN -> CH, so I think there is no point to contemlate the CH part of the task, but only the EN one...
How much is one order of rice should be more correct as a translation. They never used the word bowl!
This does actually accept "How much does one rice cost?" which is the direct translation and a ridiculouly wrong sentence in English. Rice is not countable. Where is the button for "my answer should not be accepted"?
It's a very literal translation, which is probably why it was accepted. Also, if you were working in a restaurant and someone asked for "a rice", you'd know exactly what they meant.
What, !, I said how much does one serving of rice cost but it was wrong !!, There practically no difference between "a" and "one".
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I'm not English but my answer looks correct to me: "how much is for a serving of rice?"... too strict system? Please comment.
native speaker; i have never heard anyone say 一個米飯 in my life. 一份米飯 or even 一碗飯 sounfs much more natural in my opinion.
"bowl" or "plate" is not in the Chinese sentence. "portion" should also be accepted if "bowl" is to be implied.
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"Portion" is now accepted. "Serving" isn't yet but I just suggested it. I haven't tested "serve" yet.
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米 has the primary meaning "rice" and secondary meaning "metre". It doesn't mean "bowl" at all.
米 is uncooked rice and 饭 is cooked rice/food, if I'm right. Then what is 米饭? Which one should I use to say rice?
I've never heard a serving of rice referred to as 一个米饭. It's always a bowl of rice 一碗米饭
"a rice serving" not allowed! I'm getting tired of it. Not to mention "a rice meal" would be even more natural.
"How much is a serving of rice" should be accepted, it has sence. You can say it like the real answer but it would be better to put another
"what does a serving of rice cost" was marked wrong. I think they accept serving - they have in prior answers. What they seemed to reject was "what does.." instead of "How much does.." To me as a native English speaker "What does it cost" is as natural as "How much does it cost" so I reported it.
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This is one of those particularly annoying examples where it's mostly about trying to guess which very particular sequence of English words Duolingo wants you to use, when any number would amount to a perfectly serviceable translation. In English, one almost never asks how much something 'costs' in a restaurant; one simply asks, 'How much is it? Thus, 'How much is a serving of rice?" - which is currently rejected - should be accepted.
Seriously? I mistyped " How much does serving of rice cost"? and got it wrong?.
Uhmmm, a bit confused non-native English speaker here... Why can't it be "How much does a rice serving cost"?
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"How much is one serve of rice" should be accepted as answer. "Much" implies cost and DL's response "how much does one serving of rice cost" is being pedantic!
How much does one helping of rice cost? They didn't like this answer either.
I was marked wrong on this. I don't see any thing wrong. Let me know if you see the wrong.
where in the sentence does it say bowl? shouldn't the answer be "how much does a order of rice cost"
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Rice is 米 and meal is 饭. Breakfast is 早饭 or "morning meal".
Since a "rice meal" is typically served in a bowl, the English translation becomes "rice bowl" because we wouldn't say "rice meal."
