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"My last name is Li, and yours?"
Translation:我姓李，你呢？
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Hi, I input in pingyin and my answer matches with the key, however, it reported my answer was wrong. There is no space for me to attach the screenshot here, but if you want, I can provide. Many thanks.
I had the same problem. The solution ended up being punctuation - I was typing "我姓李, 你呢?" instead of "我姓李，你呢？"
Note the "," / "，" and "?" / "？" differences. The longer version of punctuation is the correct one for Duolingo. This will vary based on your computer, but for Windows 10 the default for me is to hit CTRL+punctuation to produce the fixed width versions and get this answer correct.
I agree; this is a problem. I wish that I knew how to report it so that could be fixed.
Without the tone, I really have no way of figuring out which character to use for Li.
Because 姓 is a verb.
The verb 姓 (xing) means "to be called, to be designated, to be named", referring to the last name or surname. For example my name is "John Williams", so in Chinese, someone ask for me what's my surname:
你 姓 什么？
Ni shing shima?
You surname how? (How you are surnamed?)
So I answer:
我 姓 Williams, 你呢？ Wo shing Williams, you what? I surname Williams, you what?
For to refer about the first name, we use the verb Jiao 叫 ”to be called"
Wo jiao John. 我 叫 John.
The word 的 (de) means possession, or "of", and is used with noums.
我的 (wode): "my" 你的 (nide): "yours" 他的 (tade): "his" 她的 (tade): "her"
Apparently since 姓 is a verb it should be 我的姓氏是李, although I think yours is also correct.
There's also a typo at the end, it should be 呢.
xing basically means 'surname is', and shi would mean my surname is is... de is a verb, and xing is also a verb, so it wouldn't work. it's just a grammar thing.
Haven't Li at my options! That's the second time that it happen. What a ❤❤❤❤ is happening here?
