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"我们昨天晚上做了什么？"
Translation:What did we do last night?
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Why does it not accept "What did we do yesterday evening". I thought 昨天 means yesterday and 晚上 means evening？
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Why is "le" used here, when the expression "last night" makes it obviously in the past?
its a bit like saying 'last night I meet my friends' instead of saying 'last night I met my friends'. You would be able to tell the meaning from the first one, but that does not make it correct use of language.
It's indicating that the action we did is over now. The 了 here shows that an action is completed. I think it also helps to sound more natural, without it would sound more general, like "what we generally do last night". Not sure though, I'm not a native speaker.
Not sure if it is factually correct, but I like to imagine that 了 means something along the lines of 'finished' IE, it's not still happening
I does but every time i ask my Chinese friends they say not exactly because they use 了 alot in the present tense as well .
Why does 晚上 wan3shang sound like wai3shang? I can clearly hear the /n/ in 昨天 zuo2tian1 though. Is this some sort of tone sandhi occuring in the middle of mulit-syllabic words?
anyone else not preferring the new female voice. Like the dude does a great job with pronounciation. i get that we will find different speaking ways in real life but i can't understand the lady sometimes. i wish there was a voice preferance option. About last night though...
Can anyone tell me why "What were we doing last night" is wrong? Or why it's different to "What did we do last night" in terms of English grammar. Thanks
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Past continuous is usually used to describe an activity which was ongoing when suddenly interrupted by something else; e.g. 'What were we doing when the police showed up?' or 'We were eating dinner when the doorbell rang.' It can also be used with a specific time: 'What were we doing last night at 9.30?'
Why does it only means "last night" when 昨天 also means "yesterday". It should be "... yesterday last night..."
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ugh why did it not accept yesterday night? although it does sound off but like 昨天 and 晚上 literally translate to yesterday and night
I'm not a native english speaker, but I guess they assume a native speak would always say "last night" instead of "yesterday night", not sure though
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makes sense, duolingo has had questionable translations I've started to just accept them at this point
haha me too, sometimes it's frustrating, but don't give up because of that. And keep reporting, if you feel your answer should be accepted. Once in a while they add your suggested answer.
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No, since that answer is 1) not in the form of a question, and 2) grammatically incorrect. "What did we do yesterday evening?" is the most appropriate translation of the sentence.
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No, since that answer is 1) not in the form of a question, and 2) grammatically incorrect. "What did we do yesterday evening?" is the most appropriate translation of the sentence.
"What did we do yesterday night" should be accepted. I didn't write "last night" just because it literally says 昨天.
What did we do yesterday night? --> this should be accepted, it is the same meaning.
Yesterday night and last night are the same thing. Putting yesterday in with the word choices makes this confusing if yesterday night isn't accepted.
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"What did we do yesterday at night?" wasn't accepted. Englis is not my first language. Is there a reason for this???
This is such an odd question, is alzheimer's involved? Why would i ever ask the question, what did we donlast night?
