"Can we take a bus to the school?"

Translation: 我们可以坐公共汽车去学校吗？

[maartendoc]

公 (gōng) = public/collectively owned
共 (gòng) = common/general/to share
汽 (qì) = steam/vapor
车 (chē) = car/vehicle
公共汽车 (gōnggòng qìchē) = public common steam vehicle = bus

[Notmyrealn91190]

Dude, you should get hired by Duo.

[KevinAbel13]

Your explanations assist me a lot. Would you mind to add chan to the list. So it becomes but station?

[jvitti624]

Could we use 会 or is 可以 obligatory?

[Letlotlo]

no. 会 refers to learned skilled, e.g. can cook, can speak Chinese, can sing, etc.

可以 is where some form of permission is being asked, or was granted.

[Victor.Hugo3775]

会 - can you = do you have the skill to do?
可以 - can you = the world around you permits you do this?(like the bus pass close enough to you take or does it stop close enough to you get off to your destination?)
能 - can you = you are the only one to decide if you will do something or not

[SimonSprin1]

I think 会 would change the meaning to “Will we ...”

[daltonstout59]

Is it possible to say "我们可以去学校坐公共汽车“?

[gnaweilrahc]

Nope, that would imply that you're going to school to catch the bus. Also, without the "吗" at the end you're making a statement rather than asking a question

[2Klk4]

No, that means "Can we go to school to take a bus?", it is quite different.

[SimonSprin1]

I just suggested this: ”我们可不可以坐公共汽车去学校。“.

[carsenyoung]

That's what I put. Any body know if/why it's wrong?

[SimonSprin1]

I think it’s right. Keep reporting it and eventually you will get an automated email saying it’s been accepted.

[Randy703281]

我們可以到學校坐公共汽車嗎？

[EmiLithium]

能 is also correct.

[JasamineLa]

應該是"我們可以坐公共汔車到學校嗎

[kalexchu]

It should be 汽車 not 汔車.

[BobKling]

My answer and correct answer matches

[Omayra-123]

Can you put 'ke i' latter in the sentence, like before 'chu'? Or does it HAVE to go after 'wo men'?

[jamawn]

The sentence you stated would not be grammatically correct. The only option would be 我们坐公共汽车去学校,可以吗?

[Julie65645]

公交车 is more common

[HaavGa]

公交 is the colloquial name for bus. Source: My Chinese friend

[9ZmvEAID]

I interpreted the English question "Can we take a bus to the school?" to mean "Can we take a bus (from here) to the school?" instead of "Can we take a bus to (go to) the school?" I put 我们可以坐公交车到学校吗 and it was accepted. I'm not sure if that's the reason 到 was accepted instead of 去 or if it makes sense to say it that way in Chinese. Is there someone here who knows?