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"Will we take the subway to the hotel?"
Translation:我们会坐地铁去酒店吗？
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我会 literally means I will. You have to use 'will' to convey that the meaning that something is intended to be done
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Actually, IrennaNicole's version is correct, too, just the emphasis is slightly shifted. It goes more into the direction of: "When we go to the hotel, will we take the subway?" or even "We go to the hotel by SUBWAY? Seriously? Why? The subway station is so far away, let's take a taxi!" ;)
My answer: 我们会坐地铁去到酒店吗？
Can 到 follow 去 like this? I get that it doesn't need to, but does it change the meaning to put it in there? Is it just unnatural sounding?
yeah its very unnatural bc 到 is a verb in itself actually. so you could technically say 他到酒店 to emphasize destination
more colloquially fluent options include “““ 来到酒店 （gets to the hotel) “““ 达到酒店 （arrives at the hotel)
BUT these options all are typically used when you are arriving there or have already arrived.
去 is a bit more abstract and represents the action of "going to a place" regardless of time
if you would like to combine 到 and 去 you can say :
他到酒店去
Is the reverse also fine? 我们去酒店会坐地铁吗? For some reason I thought it could be.
no it sounds unnatural like above commenter said. in the future you might learn the word 为了 （in order to)
then you could say 为了去酒店，我们会坐地铁吗？
The English should be 'Will we take the subway to the hotel?' The auxiliary verb comes before the subject in English questions. Using statements as questions is bad English.
