"谁要叉？"

Translation: Who wants a fork?

[Loving_inch]

Can I walk into a room with forks in my hand and ask this question?

[KX3.]

Yes, you can.

[david905621]

in sound how do you tell the difference between fork and tea in this case?

[CinnamonTe1]

They have different tones.

叉 - chā - fork
茶 - chá - tea

The tips for the first skill in the course explains the different tones.

https://www.duolingo.com/skill/zs/Greeting/tips

[CalvinN4]

Isn't it "wants" as opposed to needs

[chaered]

Wish, want, need, lack, miss -- are fuzzy points on a sliding scale of semantics

[KX3.]

Yes, if you can use it freely, you know you've reached a milestone in Chinese.

[NasuSamaruk0]

Yes, the sentence lacks accuracy, which assumes definition-wise instead of meaning-wise.

Most of the time, 要 means to want.

[Kivolamuzikisto]

Duo accepts both "needs" and "wants"

[Arpad737071]

What is the difference between 叉 and 叉子 ?

[Kivolamuzikisto]

叉子 only means fork, while 叉 can also mean "a cross" or "X" (as in "mark the wrong answers with a cross/ X) or the action of crossing / intersecting.

[James65850]

Why no 吗 or 要不要?

[Ayvah01]

谁 marks the question.

[Ynhockey]

Is this sentence as ambiguous in Chinese as it is in English? In English it can mean "which one(s) [of you] needs a fork?" but also "why would anyone need a fork?"

[WilliamYu9]

Yes, it depends on context

[Lankavatara]

Here is it "needs", but last one is "wants" and "needs" is not acceptable in that one sentence

[hannsrobert]

the a can be silent geez i cant move in this level because of that