"我们都是老师。"

Translation: We are all teachers.

[FelipeAlme]

We all are teachers?

[LazyEinstein]

It can be understood by a native English speaker but sounds less natural than "We are all teachers."

When one looks at the verb "to be", one would almost believe that "We all are teachers" would be wrong. This is because of the conjunctions (I am / You are / He,she,it is). Together they are the verb and forcing a word between of the syllables of the verb does not seem to be correct.

[Ludvik_Galois]

When spoken aloud "We all are ..." sounds like valid English to me only when "all" is preceded by a glottal stop (or nothing follows the word "are"). It's not a common construction, but (at least in Australian English) it still sees occasional use, when there's a very large emphasis on "all".

[tshinnic]

And the other southern English, American southern English, is famous for using 'all' in such constructions. We all knew that, right?

[Handrisuselo]

In Chinese, 都 is put after the subject, not after the verb.

[RockyMcCra]

The english is correct. Yes

[Tamuna10]

Why not "We both are teachers"? I thought it could be an option. Thanks!

[Andrew-Lin]

I am not sure if the grammar is correct (English speakers please?) but "都" can be either "all" and "both."

[Tamuna10]

Yeah that's what I'm saying. It should be accepting "We both are teachers" as well as "Both of us are teachers". Cambridge dictionary approves that "we both" is a correct form. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/linking-words-and-expressions/both

[Natch_7]

I think it may have to do with the sentence not specifying how many people the 都 is referring to, as in, 2 or a number bigger than 2. So maybe it's supposed to be assumed as "all" as opposed to "both". Although since the meaning is kind of ambiguous, I can see how both answers should be accepted.

[MalBrood]

我们 can apply to more than 2 people, it could be referring to a group.

[Micah855795]

I wrote "We are both teachers." and got it correctly.

[Handrisuselo]

都 can be used not only by two people/things, but also more than 2.

[sarahY656418]

That could be a option

[MichaelSte606947]

How come they never use sifu for teacher and only laoshi?

[kids240139]

"We are teachers"

[deactivated user]

"Both of us are teacher" is it wrong. (Btw i am not English is not my mother tongue)

[deactivated user]

Sorry, i write this comment totally wrong :)
I am trying to say i English is not my mother tongue. (Actually it's quite obvious :/ )

[DevynDuffy]

"Both of us are teachers" (using the plural of "teacher") is correct English. I don't know if it's a correct translation of the Chinese sentence here.

[cpflames]

...at heart

[Alex1_0_1]

How can we are both teachers. And, we are all teachers be correct?

[Vetyr_Cylni]

If I wanted to say: We are all American teachers. Would you type: 我们都是美国人老师

[Vivivi_Viv]

Could you use 也 instead of 都 in this sentence? Why/why not?

[FJSoekahar]

What is 都 mean?.
When should I use/inserted 都 like the above answer ad we shouldn't?
Please somebody help me.

[Jacheme]

We all are teachers is also correct, it is used in many cases in english, also even to answer a question.
Eg. Who is hungry? Answer: We all are. And u cant use we are all to answer such question, it would be a very wrong sentence.

English is very complex and needs one to be around native speakers to master it

[Julie231251]

We're all teachers.

[aivan92]

So, can I also say "you all are teachers"?

[KarenPai]

We are also teachers should be accepted.

[Shimeron]

How do I know it's "all" and not "both"?

[taina809326]

Why not we are both teachers?

[EBrownEagl]

I am not a teacher!