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"给我两个面包。"
Translation:Give me two loaves of bread.
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"Two pieces of bread" was also my answer. I'm assuming the traditional Chinese type of bread, like the soft white bun or mantou, which is not a loaf by any stretch. When I think of bread in Chinese, sliced bread does not come to mind :) The word 包 is onomatopoeic - it brings to mind a bun-like shape which "wraps" (包) around a filling, but not a loaf that you have to slice to make a sandwich. I wonder: Will "Give me two buns" be accepted? :D
条 tiáo - Classifier for loaf of bread; 片piàn for slice of bread; 块 kuài; piece, chunk, lump of bread (I guess if you rip a chunk off a baguette or pinch off a loaf)
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If by piece you mean sliced sandwich bread or toast bread, 个 is rarely used; You should say 片or 块:
两片面包
Duolingo is preparing us for the worst, like begging in the streets for two loaves of bread...
"You used the wrong word. Give me two breads."
Whoever changed this is wrong.
It's not even that piece should also be acceptable to loaf, it's far more correct to say piece. 个 can mean every shape made of bread,without context loaf is just as correct an answer as slice is here
I wrote 'give me two buns'. The system marked it as incorrect and suggested the correct answer is 'give me two breads'. Hmm.
the measure word for thin slices, so slices of bread is "pian" is it not?
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Just don't mark "two loaves of bread" as wrong, since no English speaker would ever say "breads".
Agreed that the "correct" answer (breads) is wrong, but it's still not clear what the Chinese phrase really means.
Why 面包 which is mìan for classifier of flat surface and bāo bag, to wrap. How these two hanzi give bread?
Because that is not a correct English sentence. We cannot say “two breads” because “bread” is uncountable. If we want to specify a quantity of bread we use a measure word such as “loaf” or “slice” in a structure like “two loaves of bread” or “two slices of bread”.
Actually, it's the classifier that counts the number of pieces, which is suitable here.
- 1030
Actually do we call all kinds of unsliced bread of a bigger lump a loaf?
It is actually a challenge to say in Chinese. 2 loaves can be 两个面包, 2 baguettes can be 两个面包 (if not 两条面包）, 2 cinnamon rolls can also be 两个面包. It is perhaps not even too bad if I refer to 2 hotdogs (with the bun) to 两个面包.
