Topic: Chinese

"How much are these apples?"

Translation:这些苹果多少钱？

November 22, 2017

12 Comments

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  • 3

Does adding 是 make it gramatically incorrect, i.e.: "这些苹果是多少钱“ ？

April 10, 2018
https://www.duolingo.com/swolesuki

    为什么“这个苹果”错？ Why is 这个苹果 wrong?

    November 22, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/andrea171482
    • 1002

    It would mean 'one apple'. As in 'how much is this apple?'

    November 23, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/ZhefeiLi

      Your sentence is singular

      November 23, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/Ximajs
      • 4

      Because it implies there's only one apple.

      November 28, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/Almoturg

        apples is plural

        November 28, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/ShannAwesome

          这个苹果 is singular. It means "this apple".

          December 5, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/vYxR8

            Because both "these" and "这些“ mean that there are two or more of them

            January 3, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/PhoenixLod

              这个 is singular (this), 这些 is plural (these).

              January 6, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/mellowmania

                I think in this case , using 'ge' would make it seem as if you were talking about 'this apple', singular rather than plural. (Sorry i dont have chineae keyboard to write characters)

                February 7, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/MauroEzequ6

                  这个Is one, how much is this apple. Just one apple.

                  March 1, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Gustopher94

                    Because 'these' denotes the existence of more than one apple, where as 一个 denotes one apple only.

                    March 7, 2018
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