"When my friends and I meet on weekends, we drink beers."

Translation: 我跟朋友在周末见面的时候，会喝啤酒。

[Cafeconchurro]

Do we really need "zai" here?

[keyongming]

In short, no. Many speakers would not use it, but some speakers would.

[Dr_Jerry]

There are so many different ways this could be said correctly, but only one exact response is accepted. I'm about to give up on this POS course

[sablesden]

Hey, this course is only in its beta form. It hasn't been around for a long time, and so not many have entered suggestions. Have some patience, the course is in its early stages and the creators are working on it.

[3ngyW2SH]

Then they should mark it as beta. Make it clearer that what people are getting into is a frustrating learning experience.

[je_suis_therese]

If it is plural (friends ) should it be 朋友们?

[Cinnamon5230]

You can use plural here. But in Chinese, plural is not always required as in English. If you don't want to emphasize on the plural thing, you can omit it.

[sadtomato]

You couldn't put "in the weekend" before "with my friends" in Chinese?

[Neil614539]

Instead on 会喝 I said 一般喝. To me, the sentence implies "normally drink", not "will drink". I was marked wrong.

[KX3.]

会 implies something that happens as a matter of routine. If they wanted 一般, they'd have said something like "normally".

[woa7dSD5]

If something happens as a matter of routine, then you can say normally - that's what normally means. That is, in English. If there's a difference in Chinese, that's different, of course, but then it needs a clearer explanation.

[PurpleBurple]

is it okay to drop the "我" in this sentence

[Gabrielle145359]

No

[Gabrielle145359]

Actually, I suppose I should be more specific. You cannot drop the initial 我. You can say either 我跟朋友 or 我跟我的朋友, although the second option is rather redundant.

[Starbornx]

Is "在周末我跟我朋友见面的时候， 会喝啤酒。" correct?

[Gabrielle145359]

Is the sentence correct without 会?

[KX3.]

It's unnatural without it.