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- "狗比猫热情吗？"
"狗比猫热情吗？"
Translation:Are dogs more affectionate than cats?
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Yes, but generally for such cases the plural is implied. Chinese uses a lot of measure words 量词. For example, in English one would say "three apples" while in Chinese one says "three measure word strawberries" 三颗草莓.
In the same way the sentence you suggested would be translated as 一只狗会比一只猫更热情吗？or any acceptable equivalent, but they would likely use 一只 i.e. a 量词.
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Doesn't specify that it is plural. Therefore it should accept "Is a dog more affectionate than a cat?"
Even though it didn't specify ot was a plural, I think the sentence implies dogs and cats in general, therefore the translation is in plural. Hope this helps!
- 157
"Are dogs or cats more affectionate?" This is both a closer literal translation and a conversational (American English, at least) translation.
- 109
This course is too specific. 热情 can be translated so many ways. Also plural isn't specified.
- 157
"Is the dog more enthusiastic than the cat?" is absolutely fine in english and it is accepted on 16/6/2020.
热 rè may sound as if it's pronounced yue. A gentle reminder to fellow Duolinguists.
