"Does it love to drink milk?"
Translation:它爱不爱喝牛奶？
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I have a question, because I noticed that both "爱不爱" and "爱...吗" are accepted...are these totally equivalent or interchangeable? Or is there any difference in connotation or usage?
Both are ways of asking questions. Some small differences:: Therst form is limited in that it can only ask yes/no questions. Using the second form can be a tiny bit more suggestive.
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The first form "爱不爱" is the one most used to ask questions among the people of mainland China. The second form is less usual.
This is also the first thing I tried. I would like to know why it is incorrect.
“它喜欢喝牛奶吗？”
Should be accepted as one of the hints for "love" is "喜欢". Plus "喜欢" would be a more colloquial translation. People don't say "爱" much in Chinese in my experience.
No any sense in chinese variant, Chinese never say lime this, it is machine translation
The English is unnatural. More natural would be "Does it like to drink milk?"
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它爱喝牛奶吗 was not accepted. There's no way to know an 爱不爱 form is expected. This is so dumb...
You can use the same verb twice around a 不 to turn the sentence into a question, 是不是，爱不爱, etc.
Is there no 吗 at the end of this? Can you add 吗 to a 爱不爱 sentence? Or does it change the meaning?
No, you cannot add 吗 to the end of a verb不verb sentence. They are two different ways to ask a yes/no question. 吗 goes at the end of what would otherwise be a statement to turn the statement into a yes/no question.
It is rather very un-English to ask if something loves to drink something. If we're trying to be hyper then it would be more like "doesn't it just looooove to drink milk?" but that's a rather different scenario. Generally a "does it drink milk?" or a "does it like milk?" would be more proper.