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"It is 11:06 in the evening now."
Translation:现在是晚上十一点零六分。
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It is OK to be without it, but habitually it is used. However, in the case of numbers containing a zero in the middle, it is always needed.
No here there is 6 minutes, the 0 is there mostly for formatting. In case of the number 201, if you remove the zero it gives 21, different number, same thing in Chinese
I've taken 3 years of Chinese, and I've never heard it with the ling. This might just be a matter of dialect.
Yeah, You definitely don't need to have the ling. Wish i could contest this.
You can. Next time answer without and report an error ('My answer was correct').
DuoLingo marks the sentence incorrect if 零 is missing. Can someone explain why this 零 is used here and this 〇 is used when writing years?
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Style guides disagree about 零 and 〇 but I think the rule on Duolingo is to use 〇 in years and use 零 everywhere else.
This is just the way it is China and Hong Kong. I know Cantonese and we always write the date with 〇 and 零 with time.
Yea I also have the same question for this...as on math we do not count the zero in front of number
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It depends on the context.
If it is a written statement, 是 is necessary; if it is a verbal statement, especially when the information in concern is known to be the time, such as replying to a question, it is not necessary.
If you do the practice module, it gives you the Chinese sentence and asks you to write it in English. In the Chinese sentence, it has a 是。 If you use the 是 here, it flags you as incorrect. Think it's just an oversight. I reported, also.
I left out the 零 and got it wrong too, but now that i think of it, that would be like saying "11 6" in English instead of "11 o'6". Technically ok but nobody ever says that.
inconsistent. 是 was used in question but not accepted as part of the answer. 现在是晚上十一点零六分
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Again, you are hilarious hypocritical when refused to accept 现在晚上十一点六分 but demanded to add "〇、零", lmao, it is 11:06 and they do not require the ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ "Zero" for this answer. Really?
Is there any reason why: "现在是晚上十一点零六分" is not accepted? I noticed that it is for the listening question. If it is a valid answer, please consider accepting it as it is otherwise inconsistent.
Why do you need the shang? The tips say it means "last" but here we are talking about this evening.
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It doesn't mean 'last' here, it's part of the word 晚上 which means 'in the evening'. Just like 在 is part of 现在 'now' instead of meaning 'be at'.
Do we have to add zero in the minute? If we said 6 minutes isn't it the same with 06 minutes?
It's unambiguous without 零，and I'm pretty sure it is commonly used by natives.
