"My friend wants to buy a bag of apples."

Translation: 我的朋友想要买一袋苹果。

[gamayunov.anton]

Why is using 想要 in this sentence?

[Vunless]

https://www.chineseboost.com/grammar/xiang3-yao4-xiang3yao4-difference/

[Justin360988]

What are the situations where you use 袋 as opposed to 包？ In a different question, I used 一包苹果 and was marked as correct, but in this one it said I had to use 一袋苹果

[Keith_APP]

Check back if it is still the same. Sometimes Duo changes answer silently. After all it's in beta.

There is no strict definition for 袋 and 包, just 袋 tend to be open or closed but not sealed; 包 tend to be closed, and sealed.

I had mentioned in another thread that when I saw apples being sold in a supermarket in sealed plastic bags, by habit I would still call them 袋.

[tebkanlo]

Interesting, very useful. 谢谢

[martinmyth]

Thanks

[TheMolash]

I thought 想 and 要 are used depending on context. Why are they both used together now?

[Clara604861]

So far it was mostly 想=would like and 要=want in this course, the two together are really confusing.

[Daniel56704]

To my understanding 想 and 想要 would work in this sentence as the former is 'want(s)' and the latter is 'would like'.

[Anas276]

Isn't "要" never followed by a verb? I think "想" should be used here instead.

[JJCastro11]

difference between 袋 and 包？