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"你们是学生吗?"
Translation:Are you students?
November 17, 2017
63 Comments
I don't think it means either nosotros or ellos. I think it means ustedes. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BD%A0%E5%80%91
nar781477
332
Duolingo is confusing me. The context is very important in this questions. Could have sworn I just used "ni men chi ma?" for "are you eating? So how would you ask 3 people right in front of you? If they are all eating?
NeilCockling
799
There is no separate character for "all" here. The problem is with English - standard English only has one word for "you" whether it is singular or plural. However, the Mandarin here uses 你们 rather than just 你, which means that it is a plural "you". Using "all" is an attempt to show this - but the correct answer can simply be "you".