"我的爸爸是医生。"
Translation:My father is a doctor.
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When a word is made up of two of the same character, does the second character lose the tone? The second "ba" doesn't sound like the first.
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I'd say “only in some words”. But it usually does for nicknames like that.
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Be careful, it is not a rule that applies to every double syllable: verbs, adverbs often keep the tone on both syllables, even if they are the same.
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Sometimes! It's not a rule, though! 久久(jiǔjiǔ), for example, will not lose tone! It does, however, apply the modulation rule when two 3-tones are together.
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Quick question: is it ok to drop 的? Someone told me that's OK with family members.
E.g. 我爸爸是一生。
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Apart from having a typo in your sentence (医生!), you are absolutely right. In fact, with family members and close friends (and several other things like your home, your company etc), it would sound a little distant and strange to use the 的.
It's okay to leave it out in some cases. But since this is an official language course, I don't know if the system allows it.
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It can be okay. However its very informal. You should really only use this when its clear what you are trying to say. In my personal opinion I wouldnt skip the 的 for whatever reason.
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It is being taught as a rule here so we don't learn clumsy sentence structure, but with close relatives, it is okay.
