"Ask it again."
Translation:你再问一次。
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你 is used to specify the target. However, you can exclude 你 to make the alternate sentence, which is also correct.
Then why is it wrong when i dont put the sign in, it should be correct and put the sentence with the 你 as an alternate answer.
Mk_., looks like Duo followed your suggestion - that's what happened with my answer.
I put 问一次 which I thought I had put before and got it correct, which makes sense because "问一次" seems like it would be a proper command for someone.
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Well, literally that means "ask one time" I don't know if that implies again but I doubt it.
The literal translation of that would be "ask again" while we're looking for something more to the effect of "ask once again"
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In other items wen yi ci is accepted ... and given the same definition ... ask it again. Fix the database.
I put (wèn) 一次, shouldnt that be accepted? 你再(wèn)一次 means, directly, 'You are asking again' which isn't what the English translation says. (Wèn) 一次 is more of an order like or suggestion the English translation implies.
(Excuse me for what I wrote above, I couldnt find the correct word for 'ask')
Several times, the input interface on both the web and the android app seem to "retype" what I have typed, and always take the suggestions I have overriden. So if I select the second, "zai", in the list, when it get's "redrawn" I see the chinese selection pop up again when I hit submit, and the first option is chosen, as it is assuming that the input method uses the most recent selection. Why is it "retyping" what I typed, and thus changing my answer and marking it wrong? (I wouldn't think that if the Chinese selection stuff wasn't popping up again after I hit submit.)
Speaker say one sentence answ different. No mention of 'ni'. Then why my answer wrong
I thought you had to put adverbs before the verb. How come we're saying "one time" after the verb to ask instead of before?
"Adverb" is the dustbin part of speech, where we put anything that doesn't fit into a tighter theory. In Chinese grammar, there's a tighter theory of what 一次 is doing. You could call it an iterator, or "auxiliary noun for verbs" if you're Chao Yuan Ren. Whatever you call it, it says how many times the action happens, and it comes after the verb.
Hint for this sentence if they provide the "you" go ahead and use it.
I put 再问一遍 and it worked. Are 遍 and 次 the same or do they slightly change the meaning?
I wrote "再问" kind of expecting it to be wrong but wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't wrong. Of course, it ended up being wrong. Through reading some questions and answers, I realize that the "你" is necessary to direct the sentence.
But for the ending， why is "一次" （once） necessary if ”再" means again? Literally, it should be: "你再问" which means literally "you ask again."
Wouldn't adding "一次" to the end make the new meaning "ask one more time?“
If not, what is the difference between "ask again" and "ask one more time" in Mandarin.
I much appreciate your time for reading through my question.
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Please remember that Google Translate does not have an actual brain. At the beginning of the year, I give my students a lecture on tattoos gone wrong (like Ariana Grande's new one on her hand), how Russia was translated as "Mordor" for a couple of weeks, how a teacher in another district accidently swore at her students' parents; the whole Cofeve thing... I collect funny stories. I then play my students some "Google Translate Sings" off of YouTube. In other words, my job as a teacher is in absolutely no danger of being replaced. Use with caution. :) And enjoy being a human who can learn another language and its culture (you can't divorce culture from language; that's one of Google Translate's problems). You'll get there, don't worry!
Duolingo doesn't have a brain either. It, like Google Translate, is the product of human effort, but does not have a human brain. Google Translate, deeply flawed though it is, is constantly improving. Duolingo is also improving, but seems to take a long time sometimes to correct fairly basic oversights.
zai means again, so without zai, you would be saying, "ask once" instead of "ask again"
One more time doesnt use "you" in the answer, but this imperative does?
ASK IT AGAIN.....再问一次 where is the 'you' 你 (mine) ASK IT AGAIN........你再问一次。(yours) Very puzzled.???????
I put 'ni zai yi ci' and that was wrong. The previous question was "ask one more time" and the answer was 'ni zai yi ci'. Why was 'wen' necessary for the answer to be correct?
问 means ask, and so, you must have a verb to complete the sentence. 你 means you, 再 means again, 一次 means once.
It asks me to TRANSLATE "Ask it again" so: 问一次. I get marked wrong and corrected with 你再问一次. Which I really thought meant; "You ask it again". GRRRrrr!!!!
The drop down menu for "it" shows 这个 as an option here; could 它 be used as well?
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Why do we need to put "ni", it didnt say you ask it again, it say ask it again. -I NEED REFUNDS-
Are space between words important ? Because my pinyin are ok but my answer is wrong ?
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Why is the "你" necessary in the translation when in fact the sentence that you need to translate there is no "you"? Can you not translate it into "再问一次” Enlighten me please....
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Why is 再 in front of the verb and could it be 问再一次?
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Is 2nd tone in 一 an exception? Since normally it's yi1. But in 一次 or 一个 the yi has a 2nd tone. Is there a similar rule as to the bu2 in 不是? Does 个 has a 4th tone or no tone?
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When is the "you" implied versus necessary? Is there a rule or just when Duolingo feels like enforcing it?
"ask it again" is the prompt but the answer translates as "you ask it once again", misleading
After reading the comments i feel so dumb for writing 请在问一次 and this was accepted. (2021).
I've read all these comments and now (2021) i however feel dumb or something...for I've written it as 请再问一次 as it was there in the "tips" session. However got accepted tho.
I've read all these comments and now (2021) i however feel dumb or something...for I've written it as 请再问一次 as it was there in the "tips" session. However got accepted tho.
I agree, why put 你 in this sentence. It has been correct in the past without it.
If it OK to omit it than both answers either with or without should have been correct. I'm frustrated.
