"Are they students?"
Translation:她们是学生吗？
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Both male 他 and female 她,( Tā ) have the same pronunciation. In plural form, you need not to be worried about as 他们 and 她们, (Tāmen) both will be translated to 'they'.
He = 他 （Tā）
She = 她 （Tā）
They = 她们，他们 （Tāmen）
'是'(Shì) is the word used as 'to be' and '学生'(xué shēng) is the word used for 'student'.
Wow that is like gonna save me from failure.thanks for sharing. im having a hard ti!e with this
Why was I wrong when using 她们 duolingo told me to use 他们 but the second time I did not listen and used 她们 now duolingo told me that is right is duolingo messing up
What is the meaning of 生? I understand it is a component of various professions such as Student or Doctor, but does it have any unique meaning?
It means life on its own. For example, 生日, meaning birthday, can be literally translated as "life day."
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生 alone has been used as student for a long time. Examples: 門生 means the disciple of a certain school. 師生 means teachers and students, more concise than 老師和學生.
It means birth or creation. For example "生日" means day of birth, with "日" meaning day and "生" meaning birth.
I was taught that 生also has a meaning of 'unripe' or 'raw'. So you can think of 学生 as a young person who is still not 'ripe with knowledge' and still 'raw' and need more education to be 'finished'.
I thought the verb to be was not necesary in this language. I missed the hanzì 是 and it marked wrong. When is mandatory and when not?
It isnt used with adjectives but is used for professions. 我很高兴。我是学生。
It doesn't sound necessary, but I'm not a native speaker, so don't take my word for it. Native speakers, do you know? Thanks.
Never give up! Don't be afraid to ask questions if you do not see them in the sentence discussion either.
Is it always necessary to add 吗 at the end of a sentence when asking questions? Or are there specific rules on when too add it?
Yes, because it means to ask a question like do, or are. With out it, it would not be a question.
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Some of the answers are correct but the program is marking them as incorrect because it is limited. Ie: 她们 should not be marked as incorrect for "they" because male or female is not indicated in the question
In english, "Is" and "are" have the same meaning, except "are" is the plural and "is" is singuluar in chinese, you use numbers to convey plurality if required, so the "们” means it is "are" in english, not "is", as they is a plural pronoun.
They should! This is the construction I always used in conversation and what I encountered most people used at least in Beijing. 是不是， 对不对， 好不好！
sometimes I have to use 是 but not always. it is confusing at this stage, hope I can figure it out later
Why is it "ta men" insted of "ni men" also does the boy form of "ta" have to be used
Ni men is you (plural) Ta men is they (he/she plural)
Wo men is we (I plural)
Duolingo did not offer me the proper selectable option for THEY...I could not get it right in any case
In a previous exercise I used 很 (hěn) to connect the words. In this I am using 是 (Shì) instead. Why is the connecting word not 很 (hěn)? Example: 他们很学生吗
As far as ai understand, 很 you use only to connect subject with a conditions.. 高兴 ， 好 ， etc. And 是 you use to connect subject with pronoms. Idk i might be wrong but for me makes sense.
I've made this mistake too many times because the dictionary hints didnt show it so why is 吗 at the end?
I answered "ta me xue sheng ma" omitting the "shi". I think this answer is still acceptable
Isn't the plural of 'student' 学生 = 'students' 学生们 xuéshēngmen?
MODERATOR: Please review the answer options for lack of character 们 men.
I wrote," 他们是学生吗" and then, Duolingo said," Another correct solution: 他们是学生吗?" OMG, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
Im trying to work out how shì and na work together as they both seem to relate to 'to be'. Does anyone know if they work like brackets around the subject, or something like that?
Can someone please explain me when to use shì like in this question after tā men shi is used sometimes after nì men shì is not used.
That is may true, many languages think differently, to make sense of one you how to use is thinking, where it's anglo-germanic, mongol, Slavic. You have to learn to be able to think in more way then one. And Chinese might help you there
Why can you not write: 他们是学生们吗? ^( why can't you add the 们 behind 学生 like= 学生们. When it says "students", (s) plural?) Is 学生, alone enough?
Isn't there missing a "men" in Chinese because it's the English plural "students"?
她们 is used for a group of females only but 他们 is used for a group of males or of both males and females
