"Is my friend pretty?"

Translation: 我的朋友漂亮不漂亮？

[Kuroi001]

I think 漂不漂亮 sounds a bit better and also something that people usually say instead of 漂亮不漂亮, although it is correct

[MatthewEpp5]

I agree with you. I also learned this form in our Chinese class, if it is a two-character adjective, then we drop the second character in the first part of this construction. I think it's a general rule because it also is true for verbs with this construction: 知不知道。

[Bigmac.whooper]

agree with kuroi001

[DriesBrons]

I understand duolingo is trying to teach us a new concept, but is "我们的朋友漂亮吗?" wrong, gramatically?

[FurkanOpan]

My answer 我的朋友很漂亮吗 didn't accepted, why?

[BknCrew]

I think it's because you shoud take 很 out when it's a question

[Danielzis3]

I wrote the same thing, idk

[orgat]

It's correct.

[TellTheSeal]

Except that this sentence is "my" not "our;" so, 我 not 我们: the grammar is correct, but the translation is incorrect.

[kamui512207]

couldn't you just say "我的朋友很漂亮吗”

[LittleCactus_29]

We should also have the option of separating the adjective, no? Also, I was marked wrongly before when omitting the 的 before 妹妹 so I didn't want to risk it here... even though I believe both "little sister" and "friend" are close enough to omit the 的.

[cactuscoffeerose]

Hi Alexa would you mind explaining under what conditions the 的 can be omitted? I'm sorry i haven't come across this yet

[brandizzi]

In general you can omit ir when it refers to a close family member, as in 我妈妈 vs 我的妈妈 (my mother). As far as i learned it is weird to use 的 with close relatives sich as mother, father, siblings etc. The question here is whether 男朋友 (boyfriend) is close enough to justify dripping 的.

[Bethany64373]

I agree. It says in the tips that you should separate it, so if this is an exception it should at least mention it.

[songmaka]

Why was "我的朋友很漂亮吗" and "我的朋友是漂亮吗“ wrong? I tried both and both were counted as wrong...

[Karoliina765050]

我的朋友很漂亮吗 is okay. The problem with 我的朋友是漂亮吗 is that you don't use 是 with adjectives, you'll use 很.

[nckiy]

what ya wanna do later, duo ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[CWKCA]

Why can't we use 是不是 here?

[orgat]

Because we don't use 是 with adjectives.
(We don't say 我是漂亮）

[ktdeauna]

I need help with this sentence.

[FalconWong]

The english translation is incorrect. It should be "is my friend pretty or not"

[KathleenBl335239]

My computer omitted the word for bu

[Fatima177144]

Why must "piao liang" be doubled? "piao liang bu piao liang? It's a waste of words. The meaning is already being conveyed by the first "piao liang"

[symbol271]

Because that's how Mandarin grammar works. Doubling the adjective and adding a negation in between turns the statement into a question.
我的朋友（很）漂亮。(wo3de peng2you3 [hen3] piao4liang.) is a statement: "My friend is pretty."
我的朋友漂亮不漂亮？(wo3de peng2you3 piao4liang bu4 piao4liang?) is one way to turn the above statement into a question: "Is my friend pretty (or not)?"

[Mek814]

？？？あ

[Rowie94]

Why is this appearing in my progress quiz when I haven't learned half these words?