"Are we having dinner at home this weekend?"
Translation:这个周末我们在家吃晚饭吗？
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It can. The time should come before the place, but they can all stand between subject and verb. 我们这个周末在家吃晚饭吗？is also accepted. Though to me this looks crowded
Safest bet on basic structure is:
Time, primary location, subject, verb, object.
This weekend, - in our home, - are we - eating - dinner?
Are we eating dinner in our home this weekend?
All accurate. Keep reporting when it tells you that you are wrong when you are not, so the program will slowly get better.
I tried 我们这个周末吃晚饭在家吗 and it said it was wrong, gave me a somewhat rearrangement, is it gramativacally correct though? Just want to clarify...
UPDATE: I think I know: the 在家 counts as an adverb and all adverbs in Chinese must go before the verb, which in this case is the 吃. (Please correct if not.)
549
It would be helpful to build up some concepts like this.
However not "all" adverbial phrases must go before the verb. Some of them need to go after the verb. It is not easy at all to judge precisely at the beginning which goes where.
- 549
To avoid confusion, this sentence 这个周末我们吃晚饭在家吗? is not a correct one.
When an adverbial phrase for the location an action occurs ("at home"), it comes before the verb.
How to figure out which word is being emphasized in the question?
What will be the word order for each of the following:
Are we having dinner at home this weekend?
Are we having dinner at home this weekend?
Are we having dinner at home this weekend?
Are we having dinner at home this weekend?
Are we having dinner at home this weekend?
I think you would use a shi ... de construction to emphasize one part. E.g. are we having dinner at home? As opposed to somewhere else. But i cant yet tell you with confidence how it would be exactly
我们这个周末在家吃完饭吗？I thought the subject is supposed to go first. Shouldn't this answer also be accepted?
