"Would you like to eat food from Shanghai or Beijing in the evening?"

Translation: 晚上你想吃上海菜还是北京菜？

[Cat722536]

Is this still correct too? 你晚上想吃上海菜还是北京菜 Earlier in a lesson, I learned that subject goes in front of the sentence, but can be either before or after the time (of day) and place.

[matopl]

Why is 你想晚上吃上海菜还是北京菜 wrong?

[Tsthompson1]

It depends on which you are trying to emphasize. If you are asking about going in the evening you put the 晚上你想。。。If you are emphasizing "你,“ then it goes first.

[Sora942232]

So did I . Duo judged it to be wrong.

[Onno737051]

It was marked correct for me (March 6, 2020).

[mikey_dredz]

I had the same answer. I'm not sure why 晚上 has to come first?

[johnnydruebke]

In Chinese they like location and time as close to the beginning as possible. Subject can go before or after depending on emphasis

[Hunner-M.]

why is "想要" not an acceptable answer?

[BronwynRic1]

I have understood from other lessons that想要 means'i would like to order'…I'm open to correction…

[JChien6953]

I put "晚上你会喜欢吃上海菜还是北京菜？” I guess this is right too.

[NasuSamaruk0]

Then you are saying "Will you like to eat Shanghai or Beijing food in the evening?". The hanzi 會/会 doesn't seem to fit here.

[hoemberek]

You dont need to say 上海菜 and 北京菜 you shorten it onlysay cai once.

[nfolkert]

in other sentences the verb is repeated on either side of the disjunction, but this was marked wrong here: 吃上海菜还是吃北京菜 is there a reason for this?

[royalgiant69]

I did that too and got it wrong, it is because you have to include "tonight" “晚上” in the answer.

[Jesslyncar3]

Are you sure there is “晚上”

[o-chefe]

Does 还是 always imply a question like 是不是 does?

[chetlin]

Yes. If you want to use "or" without asking a question, use 或者. (As in, I will eat an apple or a banana but I haven't decided which yet.)

[HeatherKni2]

could this be written as
你晚上想吃从上海菜还是北京菜

[Chris735508]

So on the previous exercise i was wrong for missing 今天 for "tonight" but in this one there is no 今天, it`s acceptable to just use 晚上。 Ridiculous!

[Nicofiesta]

This is because this one is "in the evening", so it could be any evening, not especially today, while "tonight" means "today evening".

[darcymiller02]

is this wrong? 在晚上，你想吃上海菜还是北京菜？

[SallyZhang150690]

would 你晚上想吃上海菜还是北京菜 be correct?

[TanKS5202Apr2020]

It should be Shanghai or Beijing cuisine..!?

[Quetzalcoa290986]

one more of this and ibwill cancell my subscription.