"I want to travel and relax a bit."
Translation:我想去旅游，轻松一下。
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Is it usual for there to be no word for "and" if something is doing multiple things?
Further to my previous reply, please also note that there is a special punctuation mark used in Chinese in a sentence like this. Duolingo has used a comma, but normally you would use a 、 which is called 頓號〔顿号〕dùnhào which Pleco defines as a “slight-pause mark used to set off items in a series.”
It seems like this sentence should be okay with 和 linking the clauses, but you wouldn't use 也. See also the accepted answer to this question https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/21391/whats-the-difference-between-也-yě-和-hé
But to answer the original question that you were responding to, it is pretty common to not use a conjunction in a situation like this.
也 seems awkward to be used that way, its more of an alsp than an and
休息 means that you pause your work. 轻松 is sort of like the opposite of being stressed.
I think you're right about the "mental." Hanping says
• light • gentle • relaxed • effortless • uncomplicated • to relax • to take things less seriously
I used 要，and it was accepted. I think they just put xiang as a default, for your first question.
is 旅游 a noun only ? it is presented as a verb, but we need the verb 去 to use it ? Also, same question as before : why is 一点儿 not ok ?
I guess the difference is between the input and the output. 輕鬆一點 indicates the degree of your relaxation (output), 經鬆一下 indicates that you relaxed for a bit of time (input).
When I google 轻松 this comes up as an adjective meaning 'relaxed'. Wouldn't 放松 (Fàng Sōng to relax) or some of the other suggestions in this thread be more natural?
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Because in this sentence, it is 'want to'. While 'qu' is just action, it cannot convey that meaning of 'want to'.
Because 想here has always been taught in these lessons as want. So naturally, travelling would need the verb 去。
You say it needs 去, but another sentence in this lesson doesn't use it: 因为我喜欢认识新朋友，所以我想旅游
旅游 means something like "doing tourist things". It does not mean going to another place. To talk about leaving your current location and going to another place, you need to use a verb like 去 or 到. In my experience, going to a place for the purpose of touring/vacation in that place is usually phrased as 去+Place+旅游.
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Why is it required to say "我想去旅游" (I want to go travel?) instead of just “我想旅游” (I want to travel)?
Is that just Chinese idiomatic usage?
Sort of like idiomatic English "I went to go see a movie" -- the sentence comes out of my mouth quite naturally in daily life, but if you ask me to explain or defend its grammaticality, I cannot.
I've studied Chinese for four years before turning to Memrise - the language doesn't really use "and" like we do to link clauses. It simply separates them with a comma instead
The Dragon Lord sometimes demands it, but so seldom that I suspect interference from English.
why do we need 去? does 去 always have to precede 旅游? if we had 去, the translation should be "i want to go to travel". since the English translation is "i want to travel", then would it be better to do 我想旅游 ?
If Duolingo is not going to provide us with punctuation they should really include the words that link phrases together at least. Its a bit frustrating searching for "and" or a "," for a minute and not finding one.
I don't think "and" was necessary for this sentence. Though I could be wrong. They never provide punctuation. That's not really their focus.