Topic: Chinese

"这个周末你们能来吗？"

Translation:Can you come this weekend?

November 28, 2017

12 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/EddieTorre13

    Would 能 and 要 be interchangeable?

    November 28, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/Keith_APP
    • 561

    They are not interchangeable here.

    这个周末你们要来吗？ can mean

    Do you want to come this weekend ?

    Will you come this weekend ?

    depending on the context.

    November 28, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/buttercup192719
    • 1277

    Why "guys" ?

    December 13, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/Patrick_Dark
    • 46

    Because they love to use "guys" as a substitute for "y'all".

    March 13, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/rs_taylor
    • 94

    Maybe becuase y'all isn't English

    August 30, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/hr1982

      I think they were trying to emphasize that it was a plural "you," which English doesn't have (like vous, voi, or ustedes)

      January 30, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/hr1982

        If one of the drop-down hints was "will," how is one to know that it's not "Will you come this weekend?"

        January 30, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/Keith_APP
        • 561

        IMHO 能 never means Will; That hint should be removed.

        January 31, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/Ekrem_G

          "you guys" is not correct English and should be used as substitute for plural 'You'

          February 7, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/rs_taylor
          • 94

          Could it also be "Will you guys come this weekend?"

          August 30, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/JArgeles

            Why is 能 so different from other ways of saying "can"?

            March 5, 2019
            https://www.duolingo.com/PhilipLe7

              We don't have (dou) here （都), so my answer still OK?

              April 5, 2019
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