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"今年春节是几月几号？"
Translation:What date is the Spring Festival this year?
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"what date is chinese new year this year" was rejected but I think should be accepted
For this question Duo currently insists on "the Spring Festival", and for another, "Spring Festival" without "the".
I've never heard anybody, not even people born , raised and immigrated from refer to it as such, in english.... its chinese new year or even lunar new year :(
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The Chinese lunar calendar starts the year with Spring. The first day of the New Year (Chinese New Year) is the first day of Spring and starts a two week festival known as Spring Festival.
My Chinese wife, her family, and just about every person we know in our Chinese circle of friends has called it "Spring Festival." Even our friends from other countries like Malaysia or Japan have referred to it as such. I'm really shocked to hear you say you've never heard it called "Spring Festival," and can only assume it might be something unique to Polynesia.
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Since I was a child, everyone in New York City has always called it Chinese New Year in English. Never heard anyone call it Spring Festival until this course.
In Northeastern US, our local spring weather begins around April, which might be the reason Chinese people chose to call it Chinese New Year based on the traditional Chinese calendar. Telling foreigners that you are celebrating a Spring Festival in February when there is 2 to 3 feet of snow on the ground would probably cause a lot of confusion. The seasons are different depending on where you live. In New Zealand summer is in December.
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2020.7.10
You have to mean "Spring Festival" in their native language like Japanese. Asian countries call it differently than English speaking
In American, it is called Lunar New Year or Chinese New
I kind of agree with their word choice the spring festival is celebrates in other countries not just china.
When is chinese new year this year? When is more natural than.....what date. we don't say that like that.
Am I the only one who heard qin nian instead of jin nian? Is there a problem with the audio?
What date the spring festival is this year??... The difference is only on syntax..
I hope somebody reminds us of what the structure of date literally means here : 几月几号 ?
dear Duolingo, asking "what date this year is the Spring Festival?" is correct, ok?
why did they not accept "this year what is the date of the Spring Festival"?
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Why is it called the Spring Festival if it took place on January 2020 which is a winter month in the U.S?
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2020.7.29
I believe the date for the Lunar New Year (Spring Festival) is based off the Lunar Calendar. That is why the dates jump all over year to year. I think it is what is considered "spring" in the Lunar Calendar
"This year, what month and day is the Spring Festival?" Reported for accuracy.
Literal translations are not necessarily correct. Yours is very awkward English and I think it should not be accepted as a valid translation.
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Still, all you need to ask the date is 几号, so 'What is the month and day of the Spring Festival this year?' should be accepted.
