"Is tomorrow Sunday?"
Translation:明天星期日吗？
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The first literally means Heaven's Day and the second Sun's Day. Both translate to Sunday and are used evenly. I prefer to say 星期天 just because I'm so bad at the Chinese 'R' sound
They mean the same, no difference. Actually, there are quite a few intetchangeable variations for Sunday: 星期天，星期日，礼拜天，礼拜日，周日 (but NO 周天, that would be incorrect). Pinyin is li3 bai4 for 礼拜，and zhou1 for 周.
They have exactly the same meaning. It's up to you which one you prefer to use at any given time.
Theyre the same but i think its more common to say 星期日 on the mainland and星期天 in taiwan
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It's actually best (more proper/correct and common) to use 是, but it's allowable to omit it as well. Allowable, but not preferable. I double checked this answer with a native speaker before sharing, since I was confused at the omission as well. I disagree with the course authors omitting 是 in this instance.
Often, 是 is omitted in spoken language. It is less formal but still acceptable.
