"The teacher can sing Chinese songs."
Translation:老师会唱汉语歌。
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I think there are diiference words for Chinese as in the people, Chinese the language, Chinese the culture and Chinese the nationality
中文 translates to Chinese language. Perhaps it more accurately refers to written language though?
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What's the difference between 汉语 and 中文?! Don't they both mean Chinese language?
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it depends on how you interpret "can", "可以“means the teacher is allowed to sing while “会" means is able to
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Sounds fine to me. For your sentence 可以 can mean “be capable of” too. More: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/25702692
Can it be 中国歌 instead of 汉语歌 if "Chinese" is interpreted as the nationality instead of the language? That was my original answer but it was rejected.
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It can be. Besides, I think most of the time 中国歌曲, 汉语歌曲 and 中文歌曲 sound better than the versions with only the single syllable 歌.
