Topic: Chinese

"Do you like eating Chinese ramen or Japanese ramen?"

Translation:你喜欢吃中国拉面还是日本拉面？

November 23, 2017

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Peroznio

    Is it possible to say 你喜欢吃中国还是日本拉面 here? To me it would seem more natural to say it that way in English

    November 23, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/alanxoc3
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      Idk, but you could misinterpret that as: "Do you like eating China or ramen noodles?"

      December 1, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/Mr.rM
      • 1506

      Right, I don't like to deliberately make the sentence shorter in his way. Personally I would say 中国的拉面 (with 的 to weaken the link between the country and ramen), e.g. 你喜欢吃中国的拉面还是日本的拉面？

      January 16, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/Semeltin

        What about:
        你喜欢吃中国拉面还是日本的
        or
        你喜欢吃中国的拉面还是日本的
        Would that be possible?

        January 4, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/hippietrail
        • 11

        I'm interested in learning the answer to this too.

        January 29, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/SamuelJon1212

          How did you do that?

          February 18, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/KX3.
          • 37

          The first is incorrect, the second is colloquial (and so correct).

          September 21, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/Keith_APP
          • 562

          Yes. No problem.

          The laziest way I can say it is

          拉面你爱吃中还是日的？

          Use it only verbally.

          November 23, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/SamuelJon1212

            Yes

            February 18, 2018

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