"How are they?"
Translation:他们怎么样？
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Maybe the notes should include how this works? Hover tips didn't help at all hardly?
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You can see notes for this lesson, when you will use duolingo on computer. Unfortunately application does not include grammar notes.
怎么 = Zěn me = how
样 = Yàng = appearance
怎么样 =~ appears how (how does it appear)
This makes more sense now, thanks!
I was surprised I didn't need a shi (to be) but it makes more sense if I think about it like this
Your examples are fine sentences, but they are too narrow in my opinion. Your sentences are asking "Are they good?" (which is a specific yes/no question) instead of the open-ended "How are they?"
It's correct, but I think Duolingo is limited to giving us 1 answer, because it's the computer correcting us and not a real fluent Chinese teacher, so those 2 options may not be correct until true artificial intelligience is created.
I'm pretty sure Duolingo wants us to learn 怎么样 in this chapter, language courses always teach you more than 1 way to say something since the native speakers will do that as well
If you said "她们很怎么样？" It wouldn't make a lot of sense. Translation: Very how are they? It sounds like Doge.
BTW if you don't know what Doge is, search "Doge meme".
can 怎么桂 be used to ask "what's up?"? Because i have noticed people using that in chinese dramas
I don't understand sentence structure. Is this question literally translated, "They are how?"
It depends on the context; if 'they' is referring to a group of women or a group (of men). If the group consists of only women, then it is 她们。
One is he, and add "men" to make it plural male. The other is she, and add "men" to make it female plural.
Honestly, I think 他们怎样？(他们怎么样?) and 他们好吗？should be accepted. Because in the question "How are they?", there is no context so we don't know if they mean "they" as female or as men.
How about something for 他们好吗? It seems a little wrong but though not a literal translation, it serves the exact same function and it's how most people I know would ask how someone is?
is the 怎 in 怎么样 pronounced "zun" sound (like the un in gun) or more like "zen" sound (like the en in Ben)?
I use duolingo to strengthen my pre-exsisting Chinese Skills and was wondering why 他们好吗 does not work. I type instead of using the word bank, and before I answered I question similarly and it worked.
Duolingo please fix this