"我们要买一些鸡蛋。"

Translation: We want to buy some eggs.

[AmyLynJust]

I know we typically just say we need "eggs" in English, but since it says 鸡蛋 I specified chicken eggs in order to differentiate from 鹌鹑蛋 (quail eggs) or 鸭蛋 (duck eggs) which are both common purchases in the Chinese community.

[naturefan919]

I agree. I think that chicken eggs should be counted as right.

[George792719]

I agree too. I tried "We need to buy some chicken eggs" just to see if it worked but NO!

As you say 鸡蛋 means chicken eggs since 鸡 is a chicken.

And you might expect that in China where many different kinds of bird eggs are eaten, you might have to be specific at times.

[MitchL2idi]

Isn't "need" represented by xu yao?

[naturefan919]

Yes. 要 has two meanings. Want and need. I think that both meanings should be counted as correct.

[Cinnamon5230]

Yes. 要 is a bit informal, but okay.

[antun]

It wouldn't accept "We have to buy some eggs", but in English "have" and "need" are interchangeable in this context. Actually, "we have to buy..." sounds more natural than "we need to buy..."

[Imnuts7]

need to is 需要

[Zack752346]

i just left our the "some"

[Imnuts7]

A few should be accepted too.

[Lougou2]

I put "We need to buy some chicken eggs" and it is wrong D:

[learninghuman_]

so "一些" means some?

[1MOiipQU]

Can someone explain the different ways that we've learned to say "want?" There seem to be three ways of expressing it and I'm not sure which is appropriate when.

[e1VpVxkl]

I hear the last character [ 蛋 ] as "dài" , not "dàn".

[KaushikLel]

".. few eggs" should be acceptable.

[e1VpVxkl]

Not "few eggs", but "a few eggs", I think.