"我的朋友漂亮不漂亮？"

Translation: Is my friend pretty?

[kokefdez33]

I see Duolingo is teaching us how to speak in chinese nightclubs

[nevindy]

Shouldn't the sentence be 我的朋友漂不漂亮？

[ZHU5589]

Both of the two sentences have the same meaning. 漂不漂亮is more oral.

[Disney420149]

I put "Isn't my friend pretty." Doesn't this work as well?

[K.Zern]

I think both mean different thing in a slight way.

Isn't my friend pretty
(Asking someone's opinion when you already agree that your friend is pretty)

Is my friend pretty?
(Asking someone's opinion when yourself not yet have the answer)

That's how I interpret both sentence. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Keith_APP]

By meaning I think it should be accepted.

[Remwhy]

This sentence is such a tongue twister to say aloud omg

[Letlotlo]

Right?!

[LetsKeepLearning]

I agree, and I would think that is even more accurate than Is she pretty, which I would translate by "我的朋友漂亮吗？”

[CalvinUtomo]

"not as pretty as you" :)

[Marialmta]

Who'd even ask this lmao

[DestinationVoid]

One's jealous girlfiend :)

[Marialmta]

hahahahhahahahhaa okay okay got me there

[Bernard_Gang]

Someone who is trying to set a guy up with her friend idk

[clamduosage]

why no 'ma' ?

[MochiDochi]

the ＇漂亮不漂亮＇already serves as a question. it's like "my friend is pretty or not pretty?".

[Keith_APP]

The V not V pattern already constitutes a question, using 嗎 in addition would be redundant.

[Remwhy]

Wish there was a slower option for the audio.

[lnate1]

Is it just me, or does the audio pronounce the first 漂亮 and second 漂亮 differently?

[DestinationVoid]

镜子说：“谁在世界上最漂亮？”

[cannedsquid]

" 我的朋友漂亮不漂亮? " is "Is my friend pretty/is my friend pretty or not?", so would a proper translation of "Isn't my friend pretty?" be " 我的朋友很漂亮吧？" give or take the 很？

[whatnamedoiuse]

what is the use of 不 here?

[TomsPrado1]

"my friend is pretty or not pretty?"

[rubenszanatta]

Could we use "很不很" when using adjectives? As such, would: "我的朋友很不很漂亮?" be correct/normal?

[pawlo18]

Why is it liang-bu-liang and not liang ma? I'm confused by the purpose of the "word-bu-word" construct. Doesn't this translate to "my good friend pretty not pretty"?

[AlexSingle88]

Literal translation.
"My friend is pretty, not pretty? "