"不要睡觉！"

Translation: Don't sleep!

[Rosa370843]

Wouldn´t it also mean "I don´t want to sleep!" ??

[Hsn626796]

When it's without a pronoun, it means "don't "

[chetlin]

Or there is context

[Dipesh.Khanal]

How is yao used in sentences? Does yao means need or what?

[je_suis_T]

But duo marked me wrong for saying "Don't fall asleep". I think that should pass

[RobertSnipes1]

Ummmm..... “不要” is not a proper command. Shouldn't it be "别睡觉！“

[Rhino143182]

不要 is perfectly fine. 別 is an informal way to say the same thing.

[Vanessa224886]

My kids are bilingual… I hear them say this plenty meaning they don't want to sleep.

[Lightning_11]

Interesting. I was wondering when anyone would ever say this.

Also, it's so cool that your kids can speak both Chinese and English. I wish I could do that!

[Jaz_Peter]

觉 of 睡觉 is pronounced differently from 觉 of 觉得.

[TextDeleted]

Don't worry, I never do.

[RachelHe8]

Duo why put don't sleep; sleeping is good when your teird

[JustusRobi3]

I prefer the translation "Don't go to sleep!"; more idiomatic. Btw, that's the title of book #54 of R. L. Stine's Goosebumps series (a very scary book in this case).

[Tony404013]

If this sentence is a response, then "I do not want to sleep" is a perfectly valid translation. Please update question. The context is Chinese is extremely important for meaning.

[doge157700]

You can also use 別 instead of 不要

[IanSavage31]

I put, "Don't go to bed!" and it said it was wrong even though that was one of the translations. Sometimes Duolingo doesn't make any sense...

[Darren565706]

In chinese the phrase 上床 means to go to bed and 睡觉 meand to sleep. Hence the phrace 上床睡觉 meaning to go to bed and sleep.

[kalexchu]

Careful with this one. 上床 can also be used as a euphemism similar to English "to sleep with someone" (not in the literal sense).

[Brian894876]

Or the clowns will eat you!

[Deptage2]

Sleep deprivation vibes

[LeToan03]

"Don't fall asleep" should have been accepted

[jdceleminm]

June 2021, still not accepted.

[loocm]

What's wrong with Don't fall asleep?

[je_suis_T]

I think based on exclamation it reads more as a command. 我 will more likely be used if it was expressing personal feeling.

[quadrin]

-Freddy Krueger

[Ninken_]

Meaning ; I don't want sleep

[IBelieveDuoHasSh]

觉 is pronounced differently in the sentence and in the hint. Am I write to guess the sentence pronunciation is right in this case and the hint pronunciation is another way to pronounce it?

[The_Zzz]

我睡觉了