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- "我的妹妹也要冰茶。"
"我的妹妹也要冰茶。"
Translation:My younger sister also wants iced tea.
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Should accept 'little sister' as that's how most Americans say younger sister
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You are correct. You will find that they actually use "little sister" as an alternative in a number of lessons later in the course. Same as "little brother" as a replacement for younger brother.
Consistency is not this course's strong point. Get ready to be marked wrong for many anomalies like this.
Not just Americans. Here in the UK i would much rather say 'little sister'
But 'little' has its different meaning. That will make a confusion, shouldn't be accepted!
It didn't accept it and I've just reported it because I thought there was no difference too.
"My younger sisters wants iced tea too" is not accepted as a correct answer and I think it should be accepted as such.
Was marked wrong for "will have". I think "will have" and "want" are 都可以 in the context of ordering at a café or restaurant. Otherwise, 想 would be best as a verb of choice for specifically "want".
Is it nessecary yo write wants instead of want when I first wrote want it gave me wrong
Yes. It is because of correct English conjugation. Wants is the third-person conjugation of the verb to want, while want is the first- and second-person conjugation, as well as the plural conjugation.
However, I think that writing want should be considered as a typo.
妹妹 is yonger sister and 姐姐 is older sister. So what about twin sister or twin brother, and what about siblings( sister and brother) ?
She also wants that as in "I'll have this, and she also" or "she'll have this, and also that"? Or both are possible?
it's only said in like 15% of the US; you only see it in the rap community because it is usually used in african american communities or southern areas (mountain people, farmers etc.)
note- most mannerisms of the african american communities are considered 'cool' in america, as many white people try to act like black people to look strong and cool
My pronunciations are not being accepted lately on long phrases, even though I am pretty sure I'm saying it correctly.
I don't think so. I've never heard of cold tea. There's hot tea and there's ice tea (or iced tea).
SHOULDNT JUST "SISTER" BE OK, IN ENGLISH THERE IS NO NEED TO BE SPECIFIC TO SAY "YOUNGER SISTER"
I don't think so, because "they" have to make sure you understand that in chinese there are different words for younger and older siblings.
English and Chinese are different. Meimei means younger sister and geigei means older sister.
