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- "王医生也有两个孩子。"
"王医生也有两个孩子。"
Translation:Doctor Wang also has two children.
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I am here to say the same thing , in english adverb cames after the verb to be, that is what i have learned
Why is "Dr. Wang has two kids too" not correct? Does it not have the same meaning?
I wrote for this "Dr Wang also has 2 children" which is correct but because of the abbrv of doctor to "Dr" and 2 instead of "two" my answer was not accepted i call BS on this.
二 is used for counting and not as a measurement e.g If you are saying your telephone number - 二六零。。。 260... or house nuber, p.o.box But if you are using 2 as a measurement you use 两 e.g 2 books -两本书， 2 apples - 两个苹果 I also noticed you used 俩(lia) instead of 两(liang). 俩 means two but is only used for people, e.g 他们俩(ta men lia) means both of them or the two of them.
Guys, one question about the word "doctor" in chinese (医生) - is there any gender differentiation? I mean, is this word like English, used both to masculine and feminine?
You really can only tell if there's a gender distinction in characters if there's a 亻 or 女 radical.
For example: 他/她 - He/she 你/妳 - You/you
But, there are a ton of characters that have different radicals without being related in the slightest. 仔 - young 好 - good 仍 - remain 奶 - milk 傌 - to scold 媽 - mother
In conclusion, Chinese is a bunch of memorization
I got an wrong answer just because i used "have" instead of "has". Does it really matter???
Has also, Also has..... Look the same to me but any difference in chinese?
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Auto correct once again changed 'Wang' to 'Want' - I just happened to watch it happen. This is why you need to be more understanding when subtracting hearts
I think the "doctor" part of the audio sounds a little off. Anyone else hear that?
Doctor wang also has a couple of children. is this wrong? I feel like "couple" in english shares a similar meaning, it too is specifically used for 2 of something. 2 birds - a couple of birds. 2 dollars - a couple dollars. it works with anything in a pair but not as a number on its own, not unlike 两个. am i wrong here?
My understanding is "a pair" should work as well. I was taught that "Liang" more closely means "a pair" or "a couple" while "er" would be "two". I'm just starting though so I could be wrong, but seems that Duolingo should accept both answers.
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I think "a couple of children" is a bit of a loose translation. "Two children" (or maybe "two kids") is the most accurate translation, and that seems to be what they're going for.
It may sound strange, but regionally "a couple" does not precisely mean only 2
I'm getting confused. My Chinese teacher said that we have to pronounce children as in "hai2 zi4".... but not Duolingo is right now telling me it's pronounce "hai2 zi3" Which pronunciation is correct???
Doctor Wang has also two children--has the same meaning--so it cannot be a mistake!!
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is it just me, or does "Doctor Wang has two kids, too" sound really unnatural? That was one of the solutions.
I cannot understand why it must be "Dr Wang also has two children."??? If it was part of a conversation about children and comparing how many children several families have then I could understand but not standing alone as the statement is here!
In this particular case how should the three consecutive third tones (ye3 you3 liang3) be pronounced?
If The 3rd tone meet another 3rd tone , the first 3rd tone change into 2nd tone . So it is read (ye2 you2 liang3)
In my opinion it does not matter it makes no difference in English to write Doctor Wang also has two children. - or to write - Doctor Wang has also two children.
Yes it does. The second one sounds clumsy, as if you forgot to mention the 'also' and aee mentioning later to make up for it.
once again in English we would not say it in that way, we would say "Doctor Wang has also two children" which has the same meaning--why is it wrong as I have written??????
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At least in America, we would not say "he has also three children". Correct answers would be:
He also has three children. He has three children also.
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That's because it's butchered English "said", "Doctor Wang also has two children", "allowed"
Can "Wang" not come before "Doctor"? Probably not now that I say it out loud.
Few = 2 right? My answer was marked incorrect when i choose to use "few" instead of 2. =(
I had "doctor wang also have 2 children" and that wasn't accepted. BOO,
DUMB-DUOLINGO !!
Doctor Wang is one person so you should have used "has" instead of have
