"How much is one watermelon?"
Translation:一个西瓜多少钱？
February 14, 2018
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钱 is not obligatory because the phrase still makes sense in both English and Chinese without 钱. The English translation would still be how much is one watermelon.
Why's there no 是: I expected: 一个西瓜是多少 Duolingo: 一个西瓜多少
Isn't the same like 你的电话好吗是多少？
Mitchelli13
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It would be still say the same thing with 是，just not spoken that way. Way I see it, 是 is asking for the identity of something as opposed to how much it costs or how many years something is: "你的电话号码是多少" is asking for the identity of the phone number instead of a set quantity, "一个西瓜多少钱" is asking a quantity, how much money for the object instead of the identity of the watermelon.
