"Ĉu vi havas sandviĉon?"

Translation: Do you have a sandwich?

[CharmingTiger]

[esperisto]

I hate english articles!

[AjxojLerni]

Yep. I'm a native speaker and even I think this English translation sounds awkward. the article alone makes the meaning ambiguous, from "a specific sandwich" and "a kind of sandwich"

[noureddin95]

Me too. For the thousandth time, I forget it.

[Wallydogdirt]

tfw you're a medic and the heavy eats his sandvich while you're burning

[bilburn]

Or his steak, for that matter

[Marialearn]

[revstevelondon]

Why not "are you having a sandwich?"

[Luis_Domingos]

"Are you having?" implies eating (in the future) more than possession, so it's one of the cases where the continuous can't be used as a translation.

[revstevelondon]

Thanks!

[AjxojLerni]

I agree with your reasoning, but I input that and it said the answer was correct. Is there an admin out there, please?

[Rippler]

If you think it shouldn't be accepted, report it.

[AjxojLerni]

Right, but im wondering if its marked correct for some reason I didnt think of. Reporting it won't answer my question.

[Tigonus]

Ok - in all seriousness, why can't this translation be "You have a sandwich?" without the word "do" in front of it? My understanding of the word CXU, is that it simply takes a statement and turns it into a yes or no question. In this case, it takes the statement, "You have a sandwich," and turns it into the question, "You have a sandwich?" Isn't that correct?

[dxcanas]

I interpret "ĉu" as "is it true that __?". Its asking for confirmation of an assunption, hence the "do". Without it, the question becomes ambiguous in its context.

I could be totally wrong here.

[XDloco]

It technically is, but in English the word "do" serves almost the same function as "ĉu" in Esperanto, so it is necessary

[KirkSanchez]

How is sandvicon sounded out? Is the c like "k" or more like "ch"?

[MuhammadAr189213]

'C' and 'Č' in Esperanto never sound like 'K'. They're like 'ts' and 'ch' respectively.