"这个周末你们能来吗？"

Translation: Can you come this weekend?

[hr1982]

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

[Keith_APP]

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

[Hsn626796]

Are 能 and 会 interchangeable ?!

I wonder why nobody asked...!

[olf_ostemporale]

This was taken from someone's comment in another lesson
https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/253/how-do-i-decide-whether-to-use-%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5-%E4%BC%9A-or-%E8%83%BD

[Mrsaiz]

Thanks! This is useful :)

[RobertoCon542434]

Gracias...

[JArgeles]

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

[maartendoc]

Chinese grammar wiki says:

The three modal verbs 会 (huì), 能 (néng), and 可以 (kěyǐ) are all often translated as "can" in English. Sometimes they are explained as: 会 means "know how to," 能 means "to be able to," and 可以 means "to have permission to." This is a useful way of thinking about them, but in reality their usage does overlap somewhat.

For more detail on how they overlap:
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22hui,%22_%22neng,%22_%22keyi%22

[EddieTorre13]

Would 能 and 要 be interchangeable?

[Keith_APP]

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.

[buttercup192719]

Why "guys" ?

[Patrick_Dark]

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

[hr1982]

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

[TydalM.]

Actually English does not have a singular "you" anymore (thou, thee, thy).

[rs_taylor]

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

[PhilipLe7]

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

[Ann55075]

The male voice is inaudible. Again :(
This time he says two things simultaneously
Sometimes he forgets to read one part or another
Sometimes the voice just trembles

The female voice is always excellent

[e1VpVxkl]

Unfortunately I have to disappoint you; the pronunciation of the female voice is often very difficult to hear too: sounds AND tones!