"饭馆的电话号码是多少？我要订位。"
Translation:What is the restaurant's phone number? I want to book a table.
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Please fix. "What is the phone number of the restaurant? I want to book a table" is okay too..
Yes, your translation should have been accepted. I find Duolingo kind a confusing, and I think they should fix their standards of accepting whether which is the more correct answers and/or show list of the allowable answers to that effect.
I just tried "What is the phone number of the restaurant ? I want to book a table" and it was marked wrong (05/16/2018)
"What is the restaurant's phone number?" and "What is the phone number of the restaurant?" are completely equivalent in English.
My app wrote the entire answer itself and then marked me wrong for a misplaced apostrophe??
I've never heard anyone ask how much a phone number is, and it's definitely not an idiom that I've ever heard or used. I always used something like, "饭馆的电话号是什么？“
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Came here to say the same thing, although Google Translate supports "电话号码是多少". Can a native Chinese speaker confirm if "电话号码是多少" is a normal phrase?
The normal way to ask a phone number varies by region. In some places is is "...電話號碼是什麼" in others it is "...電話號碼是多少"。 Some Duolingo exercises accept either, not sure if every single exercise fully supports 什麽 but 多少 is the form that is accepted in every exercise. See "Contact" in row 6 for where this was introduced.
I can confirm what @mendosi says. I'm not a native speaker, but I have been around quite a few, and I have heard them use 多少 and 什么 interchangeably when asking for a phone number.
"What is the telephone number of the restaurant? I want to book a table." was marked wrong when it is an absolutely correct translation. Please fix!!!
订 (dìng) = to agree/to order
位 (wèi) = position/seet(/classifier for people)
订位 (dìngwèi) = to book a table
Using wèi as a classifier for people:
几(jǐ) = how many
几位 (jǐwèi) = how many of you
"What is the telephone number of the restaurant? I want to book a table" is also fine.
What is the phone number of the restaurant? I want to make a reservation? This is what I wrote and it was found to be wrong. This is a good translation and means exactly the same thing as yours.
How is "行位" "book a table"? The tips say 位 refers to people formally. So, I want to book. For people. But who says I'm booking a table? I could be booking a room, the entire restaurant, or maybe the garden terrace or whatever the place would allow to make a booking for.
The literal meaning is to "make a reservation", right? In the context of a restaurant, that can be said as "book a table", right?
If you focus on translating word by word, or not even that, but worse, character by character, you'll lose the sense of the phrase.
Also note that the character is 订，not 行. If you search for the meaning of 订位, you can find：to reserve a seat / to book a table / reservation
位 has several meanings, one of which is seat. In this combination, it means to reserve a place.
Keep in mind that when translating, there usually are many (many) valid alternatives. The likelihood that all the phrases are translated the way you'd chose is very low, you'll find a lot that are not. I saw some course maintainer say that they are overwhelmed by all the possible translations for one of the courses, which they have to add manually (I think it was the Esperanto course). Duolingo was not designed with Mandarin in mind, the situation can't be any better for them.
the phone number of the restaurant, OR the restaurant's phone number. Why call one correct and the other wrong? Poor method.
"What is the phone number of the pub? I want to book a table." - market wrong - is it really a big difference between "pub" and restaurant? when i asked google to look for the pictures of "饭馆", many restaurants and pubs apeared - simply places where food and drink is served
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Oh, wow, that gets into idiomatic British English vs American English. Here in the US, "pub" is equivalent to "bar" rather than "restaurant" or "eatery". But yeah, I see your point. Just wait until we get to "酒吧"! :)
Where is the table in this? 订位 simply means book, there is no table there in the least.
A fairer English answer would simply be
"What is the restaurant's phone number? I want to book".
But it won't accept that.
What is the difference between 想 and 要? They both seem to indicate "want" to me, though 想 seems to indicate more of a wish, and 要 seems to indicate something between a realistic hope and an expectation.
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想，leans towards desire or want. 要，leans towards need and something that has to be done
我明天想去学校，因为我饿无聊。i want to go to school tomorrow, because I am bored. 我明天要去学校，因为我们有考试。 I have to go to school tomorrow because we have an exam.
I put the exact right answer duolingo has : "What is the restaraunt's phone number? I want to book a table." And it marks it incorrect. Judging by the other comments in here this question has a bug.
My answer (marked wrong): "What is the restaurant's phone number? I want to book a reservation"
Is my english degrading or is this not an acceptable translation?
"Book a reservation" isn't idiomatic English. "Book" would be acceptable (although duolingo doesnt accept it) as would "make a reservation"
What is the number to the restaurant? I want to make a reservation.
Marked wrong 28-Dec-2020
What is the phone number of the restaurant? Incorrect. Please. Fix. Seriously wondering if it's worth going on with this course
"What is the phone number of the restaurant" means exactly the same thing as the given correct answer, and is just acceptable in common English. And yet you say it is incorrect. Include both answers as correct.
You got it right sir. Hey Duolingo is this worth pushing through with your App?
What's the telephone number of the restaurant? I'd like to make a reservation.
that was my answer except I used booking instead of reservation, and it was marked wrong - please fix to include booking/book (v) like we use in Australia
What is the telephone number of the restaurant? I want to book a table. It was marked wrong.
In the previous question i translated yao as want and it said it was wrong and should be would like. But here is says that yao is want and would like is wrong
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I'm just wondering when they will fix this to accept the answer which everyone agrees is correct!!
I can guarantee you that in Chinese it is correct to use 多少 in this context. Just remember that when we study such a far language to ours, we need to stop thinking on our language and how we would translate something based on our mother tongue or on our thinking.
I’m Chinese and i’ve spoken this language for some 28 years now, but thanks for assuming that I’m American or whatever it is you think. The differences may come down to regional slang and I can accept that, I’m not from Beijing. Over here we would also say “你的电话号码是几号”
Please add , What is the restaurants phone number? I want to book a table. Thank you for an excellent app.
"What is the restaurant's phone number? I want to make a booking." was marked incorrect.
I really wish Duolingo had an option to report errors in this type of question.
I really wish Duolingo would read and react to error reports a bit more quickly.
I really wish Duolingo would adjust other similar questions when they correct an error.
I really wish Duolingo had fewer errors.
This section's translations are very poor, it's perfectly acceptable to say "I want to book a reservation" in English, at least where I come from.
"What is the phone number for the restaurant? I want to book a table" is the correct answer
What is the phone number for the restaurant? I want to book a table it took this answer
I wrote exactly what Duolingo said was the correct answer and it was marked wrong
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Why is "I want to make reservations." not accepted? In prior sentences 订位 was translated by Duolingo as making reservations.... Is it because I did not write "I want to make a reservation?"
What is the restaurant's phone number? I want to place a reservation should also be correct
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I put "What is the phone number to the restaurant? I want to make a reservation." There's absolutely nothing wrong on this!
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What can't I use "What is the telephone number of the restaurant? I want to make a reservation." instead of "I want to book a table"?
I said "What is the restaurant's phone number? I want to book a seat." Is this incorrect? Does the second-to-last character combine with 位 mean table? Is there a difference between booking seats or tables in restaurants?
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I translated it as 'reserve a table', but was marked wrong; Duo indicated 'book a table'
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I wrote: "What is the restaurant's phone number. I want to make reservations." DUOLINGO says it should be "I want to book a table" Why is this incorrect? I don't see the word table anywhere in this sentence...
@CarmenDiPi3 There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with your sentence. You should report it as a possible translation.
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What makes this "I want to book" instead of "I am booking"? Since the translation hover says 我要 can mean "I am"
Context. You can’t be booking if you are asking for the phone number which you need in order to book.
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I think it's proper in English though. If you're actively standing there with the phone in hand you can say "I am ordering", because you're in the process of ordering, and acquiring the number is a part of that process. I'm guessing it's not the same in Chinese?
Please also allow "make a reservation" or "reserve a table". The choices here are limited and a bit disappointing.
The term "book" is fine, but is not commonly used for restaurant reservation.
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Why my answer:"what is the restaurant phone number I want to make reservation" was rejected?
Please fix. "Make a reservation" is more common than "book a table" in my experience, at least in the uk.
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For "我的妈妈订位了。", "My mom has reserved." was considered correct, so I translated "我要订位。" as "I want to reserve.", but now this was considered wrong. Some consistency would be nice here.
Long English typing is no fun. Probability of typos increases, and program will probably miss some equally correct variants of translation.
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Why is my answer "What is the restaurant's phone number? I want to make reservations." marked as incorrect? Thank you for any insights. :)
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"I want to make a reservation" should be the correct answer, as it was shown as the answer for "My mom made a reservation".
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"I want to make a reservation" should be accepted as well, as this been shown as the answer for another "My mom made a reservation".
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In January 2020, duolingo is marking 'I want to make a reservation' as incorrect. Please fix.
"What is the telephone number of the restaurant?" was marked wrong. It is clearly a correct translation . Please fix
"What is the phone number of the restaurant? I want to book a table" Bruh. Y tho. Iz rite -__- The Chinese course has the worst most unnatural English answers
"What is the restaurant's phone number, I would like to book a table" should be accepted too.
Isn't it more "I need to make a reservation/book a table" rather than "I want" since it's not xiang
What is the phone number for the restaurant? I need to make reservations. -Shouldn't this be accepted?
Need to fix a warning for a typo on the word "restaurant's" (the restaraunt's number) even using the Duolingo created blocks it states "you have a typo" fortunately it is not marked wrong but still erroneous to have this pop up from Duolingo.
I think "What is the restaurant's phone number? I would like to book a table" should be okay as well
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Is it really reasonable that a reversion of the two sentences is not allowed? i.e. 'I want to book a table. What is the restaurant's phone number?'
"What is the number for the restaurant? I will make a reservation" marked wrong
Tables are "reserved" not ''booked". Ship passages and flights are booked, because back in the day before computers they would actually be written up in a book.
Book is also correct in some countries - after all using the 'book' logic, even today some restaurants still use a book to make a booking, as do hairdressers, etc. The application should include native translation options for all kinds of English, not just US English.
I'm sure restaurant reservations were also written in a book. I fail to see why "book" would be incorrect.
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"What is the restaurant's phone number? I want to RSVP" was marked incorrect. I think that should be accepted.
"restaurant's phone number" is not proper English. -> "restaurant phone number"