"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.
Yes. It's common to have "零". I never heard someone say the sentence without "零".
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.
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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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.
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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?
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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.
