"她想试试这条蓝裙子。"

Translation: She wants to try on this blue skirt.

[CL-16180]

"She wants to try this blue dress." Not accepted. 裙子 means both dress and skirt.

[violentspasms]

I said the same, and was told I need to say "try on" instead of try, but I don't know if that's accurate

[Celticfiddleguy]

It's accepted now

[dtUyaD]

Confused about the 条 here. That's a measure word for long, flat things, dogs, and skirts /dresses? Articles of clothing in general?

[Roberto1784]

It seems to be the measure word for some articles of clothing eg. 那條衣服 還是 那件衣服， you can use both.

For a pair (two) items, you can use 條(tiao)， EG。這條狗 (these two dogs) 還是(or) 這雙鞋 (this pair of shoes).

Similarly to English there are a few ways to say the same thing

[Gabrielle145359]

I don't think 条 is for flat things. 张 is for flat things.

[Peter637785]

Inconsistent - some answers accept 'try', others only accept 'try on'.

[sirdanilot]

Why is 试试 repeated twice? Could someone explain this to me? Thanks

[deactivated user]

You can repeat verbs to make the action brief or make an adjective stronger.

看看 = take a look

大大 = Very large (similar to 很大)

[iyoossaev]

You have the explanation in the lesson notes.

[OneWeekata]

It's equivalent to 一下！

[Clay156084]

试试 means to try (something). 让我试试 Let me try. It does not specifically mean try on but can be used in this context.

[iyoossaev]

Didn't 让 mean to make somebody do something?

[Gabrielle145359]

Let someone do something, make someone do something, have someone do something. 让 can mean all of these things.

[Gaetan339894]

Can't we just use ge 个 for everything?

[Gabrielle145359]

Not exactly.

[KarenECase]

How do I know when 裙子 means“dress” and when it means “skirt???”

[patriklaurell]

"She wants to try this blue skirt" was not accepted

[Slade366]

So is this skirt or dress?

[Celticfiddleguy]

It covers both

[Aria_patriot]

You cannot also say: she wants to try that blue dress/skirt on.

[roman2095]

I think the problem with that is that 这 means "this", not "that"

[e1VpVxkl]

She would like to try on this blue skirt. = Accepted: 08 feb. 2020.

[AlexisMart283495]

She wants to try on this blue dress - was rejected (24/05/20)