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"你问他。"
Translation:You ask him.
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I have a question: does this mean "You ask him." as a statement of fact, like "You are asking him." or is this more a command, like, "I don't want to ask him...you ask him." or can it be both like in English?
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Depends on the context. If I repeat a story, like you just told me that you have asked him something, I may repeat 你問他. If I cannot give you an answer, and I know him may / can answer you, I shall suggest 你問他.
is that a traditional 问? i can't seem to find that character im my dictionary
- 457
The traditional form of 问 is 問 (the "gate" radical is the part that differs from traditional to simplified; the "mouth" radical is the same.) The traditional form is 11 strokes. (Depending on how your dictionary is organized, you may need to know the number of strokes in the traditional form to find the character, even to find the simplified form, which, in this case, is 6 strokes).
The omission of "you" from the English Translation just seems unnecessarily lazy here.
It wasn't an omission. The OP was was suggesting an imperative statement.
I got this as one of those audio recordings where you have to transcribe what was written and it didn't accept 你问她. How am I supposed to know the difference between 他 and 她 just by listening?
In this case, shouldn't both be accepted? I wrote 你问她 and Duolingo rejected my answer.
- 457
Because "ask him" omits "you." As given, there is nothing about 你问他 that implies that it should be imperative; instead, it could be descriptive, but "ask him" is definitely in the imperative mood.
I have some peoblems with pronounciation because i do not know any chinese person and the sounds are so confusing. Anyway , 他 is it prounounced like tha? And what is the diference between à, ā, ă, á and a as pronounciation. Chinese is so hard
ā - flat high pitch. à - falling pitch. á - rising pitch. ă - dipping pitch. a - neutral tone
