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- "¿Dónde quieres almorzar?"
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I tranlated this as "Where do you want to have lunch?" Admittedly that is NOT a direct translations of the words but I think captures the meaning better than "Where do you want to eat lunch?"
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Yes, that phrase is most commonly used (at least in UK). "Where do you want to eat lunch" emphasises the place where you are going to actually consume the food, not the place where you would get it from.
"Where do you want to lunch?" should also be accepted, because "to lunch" can be used as a verb, just like "to breakfast" and "to sup". (E.g. "I lunched at the burger joint")
No, because in "Where do you want lunch", lunch is a noun, a thing.
This sentence is using the verb almorzar, so it must be translated as Where do you want to have lunch, eat lunch, etc.
I believe the word "lunch" in your examples is still a noun. In "have lunch," the verb is "have." What are you going to have? Lunch, a noun. In "eat lunch," the verb is "eat." What are you going to eat? Lunch, a noun. If you want to make "lunch" a verb, you would need to say "Where do you want to lunch?"
I used it just to see if it's in the database and, as I expected, the owl rejected it. (Same with the verb "breakfast")
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No, because "almozar" is a verb.
However, "Where do you want to lunch" is something we might say in English.
I also said have lunch because thats what the verb is said to translate to. If was eat lunch wouldn't comer be in the sentence?!
That is my thought also. I have never thought of lunch, or breakfast or dinner, as a verb. I see it as a noun always. Why not simply dónde comes el almuerzo?
We can use 'lunch' as a verb. So 'where do you want to lunch' is understandable English.
It's the same with lunch as with dinner. In correct English you "have lunch", you do not "eat lunch"
To eat lunch is common and correct in English.
Any meal can be expressed as to have... or to eat....
"Where do you want to lunch" was accepted for me. That means that Almorzar means "to lunch"
Wouldn't "donde quieres que comer almorzar?" Translate to where do you want to eat lunch???
sometimes they mark where do you want to have lunch as correct and other times they mark where do you want to eat lunch correct. - which is it?
Where do you want lunch? If I was out I Would say this expecting a reply such as lets go to ???
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Your version is one of several answers that vary a bit. It and its variants have already been discussed. Have you read the thread?
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In your sentence, you are trying to use the noun for "lunch" which should be almuerzo
In Duo's sentence, it is using the verb almorzar = "to have lunch"
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This is stupid. I got marked wrong for have lunch, but there are many similar sentences that duo translates as have lunch.
