"他们都在房间里睡觉。"
Translation:They are all sleeping in the room.
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I wrote "They are all asleep inside the room" and it was marked incorrect. Is there a subtle difference in meaning?
I also wrote this, for "they're all sleeping in the same room" I would put 他们现在都在房间睡觉 or something similar but I'm not 100% confident that's correct
When I learned the word 睡觉 in my chinese class (in school), it was defined as ‘going to sleep’. I’m unsure if it can have both meanings, but I think ‘going to sleep’ might be a more accurate translation compared to ‘being asleep’ or ‘sleeping’!
I believe this can also be "are BOTH sleeping..." depending on context. And reported it.
Won't the sentence require a "在" right before the verb "睡觉" if it is to mean "they are sleeping"?
In my opinion,
They all sleep in the room. = 他们都在房间里睡觉。
They are all sleeping inside the room. = 他们都在房间里在睡觉。
Can someone confirm if the second sentence is correct?
That's what I thought, too. When I pick around on google translate though, it SEEMS like it's the 觉 that makes it translate to the progressive tense, and the 在 doesn't even matter?
I know, google translate isn't always super reliable. If any native speaker is around, some clarification would be great!
"They are all sleeping inside the room" and "They are sleeping inside the room" should also be correct answers
I'm so confused. The tool tip said 'ta men dou' means none of them. But the answer was the opposite of that. Was the tooltip wrong? Am I stupid? I have no way to know!
I can't see what you're seeing re: tips, but my guess is that it was refering to a larger structure of a sentence where it got negated somewhere else? I am not a native speaker at all, so take this with lots of grains of salt, but. I think if you say 他们都 in a positive sentence then it's "all of them", and if you use it in a negative sentence then it's more natural in English to say "none of them do the thing" than "all of them don't do the thing."
I think this can also mean "They all sleep inside the room." Nothing here indicates to me that they are currently doing it.
"They all are sleeping in the room" was marked wrong. It is a correct translation. The word order in English makes no difference in meaning.
"They all are sleeping in the room" was marked wrong. It is a correct translation. Please fix!
Is there any difference between in and inside that I don't get ? Inside was incorrect lol
'Sleeping in' could be technically considered 'assigned to for the purpose of sleeping,' as one example that does not mean "asleep"
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How can I tell apart when it says "They all sleep in their rooms" from "They are all sleeping in their room"? From what I understand, both sentences would be the same in Chinese.
"They all are sleeping in the room" should be an accepted answer, should it?
"They all are sleeping in the room" was marked wrong. It is a correct translation. Please fix.
I don't know why bedrooms (plural) should be marked as a typo. Can't 房间 be both plural and singular.
I just posted the same question without reading all the posted responses. Oops. But, yes, that's how I read it first, too. And I don't know how we are supposed to know. I'm chalking it up to 'memorize it for now; either it is a programming simplification, OR there is a grammatical difference that will unveil itself later in an' aha' moment.'
How can one tell the difference between room and rooms in this sentence?
What if I say "They all are sleeping inside the room"? When I see "里" I think is "inside". Is there another meaning?
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This question has too few correct solutions. Nothing wrong with theirs, the author just put zero effort or work into this question.
It should be, 都 can be both or all depending on context, report it.