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- "爸爸和妈妈要热水。"
"爸爸和妈妈要热水。"
Translation:Dad and Mom want hot water.
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I want, you want, we want, you all want, they want, he and she want, she and I want, Jack and Jill want, the teachers want, the dogs want
he wants, she wants, Jack wants, Jill wants, the teacher wants, the dog wants
Want is when the subject is more than one person or talking about yourself, but wants is when the subject is only one person.
Examples: She wants food. He and she want food. They want food. I want food.
I was expecting father and mother as well, since 爸爸 and 妈妈 have been translated earlier in this course as father and mother
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(LouEnterta, Winston298006, et al.) Yes, in China, freshly boiled water is often served with a meal. Even if the diners are drinking tea, it is common for the host to rinse out the teacups with boiling hot water prior to pouring the tea. Often, tea is served on a slatted wooden tray fitted atop a pan deep enough to hold the discarded water. Chopsticks are often placed in a tall glass that is then filled with boiling hot water, and plates, spoons, and bowls are often rinsed with boiling water as well. One reason for the practice is to warm the utensils so the food stays warmer, but the main reason is to disinfect the utensils. In many places in China, the water supply is untreated; consequently, in the home and in restaurants, boiling water is a way of reducing the chance of getting sick from it. Boiling water does not work on everything, but it is very effective at killing off some things, and better than nothing.
Also (at least in Taiwan) it is an old wives' tale that you will get sick or it is bad for you to drink cold water after excercising so hot water is very common.
In traditional Chinese culture, the male is stated before the female. Dad before mom, brothers before sisters, male coworkers before female, etc.
I did Mum and Dad but got it wrong, because it's natural here to say Mum and then Dad.
Report it. In British English, mum means mom or mother; but in American English it means to be silent. Duo is probably currently registering the latter.
I think "Dad and mon need hot water" is also correct because 要 in this sentence can mean "want" and "need" in Chinese.
You are wrong. 想 means to "think", "to miss", and means to want only when the desire is a verb. 要 can mean to "need", to "want", to show that something "will" be done. When 要 is used with a object directly after it, it means want. 想要 is strictly want. If you absolutely need something, than 需要 (verb) is a better term.
Why did it not accept "Father and mother want hit water" as a typo? I is next to O and is very easy to confuse
I was already wondering when we were going to learn to asks for hot water. That's like the most important Chinese thing everrrrrr
Duolingo could improve their disambiguation, it's very Americo-centric. "Dad and Mum want hot water", "Father and Mother want hot water" aren't being accepted. I've reported this, and keeps asking!
Wow this is really stupid! Dad and mom wants hot water is correct. Reason being if you took out Dad from the sentence it should still read "Mom wants hot water"
It in fact does. It's Chinese culture to state the male before the female. Baba mama sounds more natural to me. Referring to my parents as mama baba sounds questionable to me, and though my brain is trying to accept it, I end up saying baba mama because that's what my parents have always done.
"How" is a valid word, which is probably why it was not marked as a typo. Duo allows one letter off if it does not create another valid word.
That is annoying because "hit water" is not accepted even when i is next to o on a qwerty keyboard
If you did type the ampersand in, Duo might have left it out. I entered "Dad & Mom want hot water" and Duo told me that I missed a word. I suppose Duo read it as "Dad Mom want hot water".
Please report it. <-This doesn't work because it is essentially reporting that "Papa Mama want hot water" should be accepted, when it shouldn't.
(October 9, 2019)
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Do correct me if I am wrong here and kindly explain the mistake.
I think that 'Dad and Mom both want hot water' is an appropriate translation. Why does it show that I made a mistake when I include 'both' in the translation?
Because "both" is not in the Chinese sentence. That would be 爸爸和妈妈都要热水 or something along those lines.
EDIT: Long answer here.
Does that mean父 "fu" means father and 母 "mu" means mother? If so are they more formal ways of saying 爸爸"baba" and 妈妈"mama"?
i wrote daddy and mommy wants hot water but it said the correct awnser is Dad and Mom want hot water. but dad and mum and daddy and mommy is the same
I want, you want, he wants // we want, you want, they want (all the plural forms of the present tense are "want", not "wants". All our regular verbs are the same.
"wants" should be accepted here, I think, with a little note about the typo. It's easy to forget the s when writing a word like this, especially with such a strange-sounding sentence. Alternatively, duolingo could implement a feature where they'd notify you something's wrong about your answer, letting you look over and correct mistakes without losing the point.
The extra "S" should be used only for third person singular.
Examples:
• Dad wants hot water.
• Mom wants hot water.
• Mom and Dad each wants hot water. (In this case, the "each" signifies that the verb acts on Mom as a singular and Dad as a singular, rather than both as a plural.)
For all other cases, you should use "want," not "wants."
Examples:
• First person singular: I want hot water.
• First person plural: We want hot water.
• Second person singular: You want hot water.
• Second person plural: You all want hot water.
• Third person plural: They want hot water.
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I feel like I'm failing due to misperceptions in my English :( I wrote "Father and Mother wants hot water" and it didn't count :/
Is it correct to also interpret it as "Dad and Mom want to heat up the water"?
It's incorrect because it's implying that they want hot water, not that they want to heat it up.
i literally just switched mom and dad and got it wrong. pathetic much? they should both work. its literally just like the name thing im so pissed
In English everyone says "mom and dad". It's weird to say "dad and mom" just like its weird to say "jelly and peanut butter", "treat or trick", "Juliet and Romeo" just to give some examples
Well, cultural differences are vital to learning other languages. Imagine learning Japanese without understanding senpai-kouhai relationships and other polite/casual forms. It would be a nightmare. Besides, cultural learning is fun :) Enjoy it!
I put mum and dad and got it wrong. I agree with Owlspotting that in English that is the way we would put it - (although we never use mom!) That's a cultural difference the answer should acknowledge in the marking, though I realize they want to know we understand the meaning of each word.
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This is incredible. I submitted: Father and mother wants hot water; Lo and behold, i was marked incorrect! How?
Because it acts in the same way as "they". 3rd person plural. No plurals have an "s" after want
