"我们晚上九点吃饭吗？"
Translation:Do we eat at 9 in the evening?
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My translation was "Do we eat dinner at 9:00 pm?" and it was marked incorrect, even though 9 in the evening is the same as 9:00 pm. Shouldn't my answer be marked as correct?
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I said the same thing. One would certainly think or could even argue that it should be dinner given the time, but they don't mention dinner specifically, just 吃饭.
But in other question they said "another translation: eat dinner", but it was also 吃饭。
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Same for me. This one particular lesson is one of the most poorly programmed ones I've ever seen on Duolingo.
I agree. For my comment, I was referring to "do we eat" vs "are we eating". Are we eating seems to get marked wrong, but I think both are valid translations.
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The question of 'do we eat' versus 'are we eating' may be related to the question of which expressions are used in both languages to talk about a repeated schedule versus a one time event. For English, I think it could be argued that either can work for both, though I might be more inclined to use 'do ...' for repeated events. Do we eat (/are we eating) at 9 pm (tonight / every night [during our trip])?
There's nothing explicit in the Chinese sentence to help us pin it down to a specific day, but I am by no means certain that's excluded. Has anyone tried 'Will we eat ...'? If that's acceptable, then so should 'Are we eating' be, because the present progressive is a common alternative way to speak of the future.
I tried "will we eat" and it was accepted. Didn't try “are we eating" though.
"Did we eat" was rejected.
I'm not 100% sure that we're right, but I'm going to go out on a limb and report it.
i'd say "should we eat dinner at 9pm" would be "我们晚上九点吃饭吧？ " as it is a suggestion rather than a question. with 吗 you'd better translate with "do we eat".
The Chinese is more "open" here; it could be "this evening" but could also be some other evening (maybe a dinner party next week and he's confirming the time) If you wanted to specify "this evening / tonight" it would be: 今晚 or 今天晚上
my born and raised in china mother said "are we eating at 9 pm" is an acceptable answer
Hi, "Do we eat at 9pm?" was marked wrong because there was no space between "9" and "pm" (correct answer: "9 pm"). Shouldn't both forms be acceptable? Thank you!
I don't understand why sometimes 吃饭 is: eat / eat dinner / eat rice And those are not interchangeable and considered wrong - if, for example, I answer "eat" instead of "eat dinner". Can somebody explain?
Eat dinner is 吃晚饭. As for 吃饭, people hardly mean eating rice, so just assume that it is just generally eating a meal, not just rice.
Why is "dinner" stressed in the first sentence and not in the second?
"我晚上七点吃饭。 I eat dinner at 7 in the evening.
"我们晚上九点吃饭吗？" Do we eat at 9 in the evening?
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"Do we eat dinner at 9 in the evening?" was marked wrong. A meal at 9pm is called dinner, no? Or can 吃饭 also mean "snack"
The Chinese sentence doesn't indicate THIS evening, only 9:00pm/in the evening.
I think translating times that are specifically stated to be in afternoon or evening, into military time, should be accepted.
I answered "Do we have a dinner at 9pm tonight?" And it should be correct answer too!
"Do we eat at 9 in the evening?" is correct, but given that there isn't any context on whether it's in the future, now, or in the past, all those should be accepted. However "Will we dinner at nine tonight?" wasn't accepted.
Currently, the "correct" answer indicates "Do we eat at 9 in the evening?", but rejected "Do we eat in the evening at 9?". I would suggest there is no plausible reason for the English translation to be this rigid, even though the former is more frequently used. I would suggest Duo add a category of correct but not preferred if the want to communicate such.
To follow up, in English the later translation is useful for adding some emphasis in the specific time where the evening part might be generally understood but included as part of polite form. Certainly, it would never be "wrong"
Why does the English translation only say "eat" when the Chinese phrase has 吃饭 ie "eat rice"?
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In American English we use tonight to refer to evening... what are you doing tonight? What is on TV tonight, where do we meet tonight? "this evening" is also used, but is rarer. Oh, as when we say "What did you do last night?" We mean BEFORE you went to bed and after to got home from work or school.
I said "Do we eat at 9 in the night" and the correct answer was "Do we eat at 9 in the evening." 9 is definitely well past evening and into night territory, so at the very least both answers should work.
Do we have dinner at nine o'clock in the evening? was not accepted, although (and i'm not proud of it) i took it from Google Translate.
Both the following should be accepted: 'In the evening do we eat at 9.00?' and ''Do we eat at 9 p.m.?'
Why does shàng go after wan in 晚上 but come before wu in 上午? I thought it served as a preposition in both words?
"Will we eat at 9 in the evening?" was my answer, yet it was marked incorrect
Well... this one was a bit confusing for me too, and let me know if I am incorrect. "Do we eat" is saying usually, normally or past tense while "Will we eat" is asking today and future.
My answer, "Will we eat dinner at 9pm tonight?" was marked as incorrect. Is somebody able to clarify this for me, I do not see why this answer should be rejected.
Do we eat dinner at 9 pm was accepted. The duo standard translation is Do we eat at 9 in the evening? I think "eat dinner" is better than just "eat" for this translation.
晚上 is the word for night in Chinese. 9:00 in the evening would be 我們下午9點吃飯嗎？
Actually it was "Do we eat rice at 9:00 in the evening" that was marked wrong. I know it can mean just eat, but in other exercises either is accepted.
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asking questions I think that measure words in quantity questions doesn’t need a 吗。 我们晚上九点吃饭？should be enough in my opinion.?
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This answer should have been accepted "do we dine at 9 in the evening" as dine definition: 1. to eat the main meal of the day, usually in the evening: 2. to eat a meal in a re . . . . . . .
You are correct, but in this sentence it is 九点 which is 9 o'clock. They do look similar so I can see how it is confusing.
9 in the evening and 9pm are the same in England so therefore NOT incorrect.
There is no mention of dinner, or pm. Just fallow the instructions, and everything will make sense at the end. There is no yes or no in the Chinese vocabulary,,are they wrong that they do not conform to the western way of thinking?
this is wrong because the answer is actually what do we eat at 9 inthe evening.... not do we eat. strange.
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I input this answer, but it was incorrect. Isn't it the same meaning?Are we going to have dinner at 9.00pm?
These lessons are driving me nuts. First: a lot of new concepts, second: typing English translations is a royal pain. I can't type well on a stupid phone and so instead of learning Chinese I am fussing with I/O. This is supposed to be fun?
I think you missed the op's point here. '9 in the evening' is rather clumsy wording, and means exactly the same as '9 tonight' or '9 pm'. Yet the only accepted 'correct' answer uses the most inelegant form of English possible.
That is a rule that people made up in the 1900s to sell grammar books. If it's part of how you naturally speak, great, but it's not part of the natural English language of most native speakers.
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I wrote "Do we eat dinner at 9 in the evening" Seems "dinner" is acceptable in other sentences but not in this one.... should fix this
Dinner is actually a different word that was not in the sentence. So, no, that shouldn't be accepted.
"Do we eat at 9'o clock in the evening?" Should have been marked wrong because 9:00 pm is nighttime
I don't agree. I think that 9 o'clock in the evening is a fine translation.