"I would like to buy fruit at the supermarket."
Translation:我想在超市买水果。
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The meaning is slightly different.
我想在超市买水果 means you "want to go to the supermarket" and the reason is that you want to buy fruit.
"我在超市想买水果“ implies that you are already at the supermarket and would like to buy fruit.
Maybe it should say "I want to go to the supermarket and buy some fruit" otherwise it's too vague . (I was given the English and asked for the Chinese) the given sentence is "I would like to buy fruit at the supermarket." doesn't say that I'm there or not there just that that is where I want to buy fruit.!!???
Now I'm more confused. There are two completely different versions of translations for 我想在超市买水果。that were explained: “I would like to buy fruit at the supermarket" (Duolingo), and "I want to go to the supermarket to buy fruit" (your version)
The first English statement implies the second. It implies you're currently not at the super market. Otherwise you'd say, "I would like to buy fruits here" or even drop the here.
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I would have translated the first sentence as 我想去超市买水果。 Is the meaning different in some way?
Isnt this literally meaning, "I would like to GO to the supermarket" So emphasizes that you want to go by yourself to get the fruit while "我想在超市买水果” emphasizes that you want to buy your fruit from the SUPERMARKET :)
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Any way, are both expressions gramatically correct? Moreover as you imply, the latter looks more consistent with the question sentence.
If you're saying you want to go to the supermarket in order to buy fruit, why wouldn't it be "我想去超市买水果"?
Why would you say that you want to buy fruit at a place you already are?! This test question is stupid if what you say is true.
"Hey, let's go to the farmers market instead to buy fruit!" - "No, I want to buy fruit (here) at the supermarket!"
ad·verb, noun GRAMMAR a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there )
Many people ask why not 我想买水果在超市 Well, i'm not the native speaker, and I made the same mistake, but as I know In the Chinese sentence time and place (here: 在超市) must go BEFORE the verb (here: 买)
Several people have asked why "我想买水果在超市" is marked wrong. I have the same question... could a native speaker comment on this??
The position (at the supermarket) should come before the action (buy fruit).
But not always, right? When there is also a time in the sentence, that comes before the action, and then the location can come after? Or what is the rule in this respect?
DL really needs to make up their minds about the translation requirement for want/would like. I'm sick of being marked down because on each and every ruddy exercise they are inconsistent in want/would like being either 想 or 喜欢 but apparently at random.
"Like" is 喜欢. "Would like" (which is a polite way to say "want") is 想.
喜欢 is for like as in "enjoy" doing (I enjoy shopping/reading/...) 想 is for like as a "possibility" (I want to travel to the stars/become a movie star/...) Maybe not the best explanation, but the implications of both actions should be pretty different!
Check answers above, it's said that time and place should come before action in chinese.
It sounds awkward, like saying "I want to buy at the supermarket fruit".
“我想买水果在超市” Wrong on 11/25/21. Native speaker sitting next to me says it is correct. Reported
I think both English translations should be acceptable. There is simply not that much difference in meaning.
Hello there! both 想 and 要 mean "like" or "want" and by putting both of them together it becomes redundant. I hope this helps
I've seen several instances when Duolingo used both characters in one sentence. I had the impression that, when combined together, they would mean "would like", but I don't know if I made the right assumption. I'm still confused as to how you would show inflections of a verb in Mandarin Chinese, like how do we know that 想 means "would like" or when it just means "like"?
想, 要 and 想要 can all mean ‘want’ in some sense, but 想 xiang is the least forceful of the three. In many cases, it might be better to think of 想 as being more like ‘would like to’ rather than ‘want’. When used for expressing wants, 想 can only be followed by a verb or verb phrase. In other words, 想 only means ‘want’ when it's an auxiliary verb. Another feature of 想 is that it can be paired with 很 or 好 to mean ‘really would like to’ or ‘really want to’.
要 is more direct in meaning that you "want" something, but isn't necessarily impolite.
The verb 想要 is the trickiest of the three, because it has a broad range of intensity. It can range from expressing a simple want or request, to a strong desire for something, or in slang to sexual desire (if you '想要 someone', it's usually sexual).
The best thing, is to learn from reading and watching them in use...
Not exactly… 到 means "arrive", it's a different meaning than 在. Although you may want to arrive at the supermarket before buying the fruit there, the sentence is more specific and describe where you want to buy the fruit, not where do you want to go (in order to buy fruit).
我想买水果在超市 As many have printed out, should be PERFECTLY FINE. There is no good explanation why not. "The adverb is last" someone wrote - that is not clear, and explains nothing.
That is the real answer, though. The grammar in your sentence is wrong. 在超市 must go before the verb. Place prepositional phrases with 在... must go before the verb they modify in almost all cases. There are a few verbs that are exceptions to this. 住 and 坐 are the only exceptions that I know, but there are probably a few more.