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"这是什么酒？真好喝！"
Translation:What kind of alcohol is this? It's very tasty!
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I wrote "It tastes really good," and dL not only incorrectly marked it as wrong, but suggested "It had very tasty" instead (which is wrong). A double-whammy!
Can someone explain if there is a reason why the cup of tea is "good" and alcohol is "tasty"?
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Simply that this course is still in beta and doesn't include all possible correct answers for every question yet. Keep suggesting them please.
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That's irrelevant to this question. One Duolingo question can have many correct answers.
Liquor would actually work in this scenario. I think it isn't to formal though.
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Of course the English "what type of alcohol is this?" should be accepted. Reported 21 October 2018.
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Delicious is more likely to be used with alcohol than "tasty" in my American usage, and should certainly be accepted here. :)
It is a matter of superlatives. Very smart = brilliant; very beautiful = gorgeous; very hungry = starving; very tasty = delicious... It does not matter whether it is in the UK or in the US.
Wine is quite misleading. However, "What kind of alcohol is this?" sounds like asking about chemical composition, like ethanol...
"What wine is this? It's really good." Is not accepted. 1) It's feels unnatural to ask "What alcohol is this" in English as if you have no clue—like if someone spiked the punch with Sambuca and Creme de Menthe. Reasonably, you'd have a guess as to whether it's 白酒 or 黄酒 or 葡萄酒 or 啤酒, etc., and tailor the question. 2) IME, I have not observed that anyone frequently refers to their alcoholic drinks as "tasty" or "delicious," rather than as "good," or "smooth," or "crisp," etc. It happens, but it feels like a separate category of beverages.
Nobody ever calls alcoholic drinks "alcohol" in English, it's always booze, drink, grog, hooch, liquor, spirits, ... except in a chemical or medical context.
Shouldn't 酒 be translated as "drink" in this case? The sentence doesn't really make sense in English.
What kind of drink is this? It’s really good! = Rejected by DL: 23 jan. 2020.
I'm usually very patient with Duolingo on this Chinese course, but what is accepted and not accepted in this section it ridiculous!
Are there any instructions on how to use 真, 非常, or 很? The English prompt often says "very" or "really" and requires a specific translation into Chinese.
'What drink is this? It's really good!' Should be accepted. It's common to call an alcoholic beverage a 'drink', in fact I think the translatin of 'liquor' is overly formal and weird for someone to say. I've never heard a waiter in a restaurant say 'Have a look at our liquor menu', they say 'Have a look at the drinks menu'.
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In another example duo used 酒 as wine. But this time it only allowed for the translation as alcohol? So which is it?
The English in this is simply wrong/not idiomatic. It should be "(alcoholic) drink" and simply "good" instead of "tasty".
Is it the same character for liquor used to refer to pure alcohol such as the one used to treat wounds?
I put "it tastes great" i think that is a valid english translation. 2/16/20
"What wine is this" wasn't accepted. Wine is a more common topic with the theme dining, that this section is about, than alcohol, that sounds more like chemistry vocabulary
The English here is rubbish - nobody says "what alcohol is this" unless they're a chemist. "Wine", though incorrect, is how this is usually translated; spirits should work too.
I worry about the people in charge of writing sentences for this program. Most of them appear to need an intervention of some kind
My fault, but they marked me wrong for one misspelled word, That's crazy.
How are they supposed to know what you meant? Do they have to include all possible misspellings for every word in every sentence? Remember that it is just a computer comparing your answer to a list of possible correct answers, not a person sitting there judging your answer.
"what's this alcohol? really good to drink" was marked wrong but I think should be allowed
