"你愿意跟我结婚吗？"
Translation:Will you marry me?
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After this lesson I used this phrase to propose to my fiancee. We both study Mandarin on Duo. 她说是的!
N a s h i h it is grammatically more correct but let's trust the hopefully newlywed that the partner to be said sure
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In Chinese, until recently there was arranged marriages, then differences for men and women:
求婚（女性）：嫁给我，好吗？or 你愿意嫁给我吗？which conforms to the traditional "the man is the breadwinner and head of the household" mentality
（男性）：娶（了）我，好吗？or 你愿意娶我吗？ which sounds a bit strange, so the gender neutral 你愿意跟我结婚吗？is preferred.
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In this case, I think you would say "我愿意。" Since Chinese doesn't really have a word for "yes," it is common to answer in the affirmative by repeating the verb used in the original question.
In Taiwan this sentence will be "妳願意嫁給我嗎？"
好 means yes. In every yes or no question, you can reply 好 or 不好. But this one say 我願意 is better, I don't know why every excited person says 我願意 in this situation. But if you are not very excited when you're proposed, well you say 好 is definitely accepted. Different word shows different emotion.
i think "are you willing to marry me?" is a better translation than "will you marry me?"
So "will you marry me" and "are you serious?" In the same lesson. Duolingo setting me up for a fall...
proposing, baby shower, gender reveal... why such big deal? i have a hard time understanding american culture :D
