Question

a bunch of questions, checking response grammar

Answer 1

Not all of these are translations, btw. Some are just context info

1. 高文中的生日是几月几号，星期几？ (it's asking what day is Gao Wenzhong's birthday, which is Thursday, September 12th) 2. 那天晚上，白英爱和高文中做社么？还有谁？(The people going with Bai Ying-ai and Gao Wenzhong are Wang Peng and Li You) 3. 白英爱为什么请同学们吃饭？(It's asking why Bai Ying-ai is inviting classmates to eat food) 4. 高文中喜欢吃什么菜？(Gao Wenzhong likes to eat Chinese food) 5. 他们星期四晚上几点见？ (They will meet at 7 pm Thursday night) 6. 王鹏星期四不忙，可是今天呢？(Today Wang Peng is busy/has thing(s) to do.) 7. 王鹏认识不认识李友？谁是李友？(Yes, Wang Peng knows Li You. She is his friend.) 8. 今天晚上几点钟王朋有事？(Wang Peng has something to do at 6 and 1 quarter, or 6:15) 9. (asks your birthday date and if anyone has invited you to eat)

Answer 2

1. 高文中的生日是九月十二号，星期四。 2. 那天晚上，白英爱和高文中吃饭，还有王朋和李友。 3. 因为是高文中的生日。 4. 高文中喜欢吃中国菜。 5. 他们星期四晚上七点半见。 6. 王朋今天很忙。 7. 王朋认识李友。她是王朋的朋友。(should I be repeating "李友是王鹏的..." ?? My mom keeps yelling at me to respond in the exact same format as the question smh) 8. 王朋今天晚上六点十五分（一刻）又是。(Should I put the 王鹏 somewhere else? It doesn't look right...)

Answer 3

Lol I think we’re both using integrated Chinese

Anyway for 2) shouldn’t it be 什么 not 社？ couldbewrongonthis

Answer 4

Oh are you doing traditional?

Answer 5

omg --
Well that was weird. It did a typo
I was in the middle of class rip

Answer 6

Nah, you're right :p

Answer 7

2. it is really weird to include "还有王朋和李友" as an afterthought
structurally something more like
Na tian wan shang, Bai Ying-ai he Gao Wenzhong gen Wang Peng he Li You chi fan le.
(where "le" represents the past tense)

Answer 8

3. you never start a sentence with Because, it's like starting an english sentence with And or But.
so you would have to repeat the prompt in statement form + the answer:
Bai ying ai qing tong xue men chi fan, yin wei jin tian shi gao wen zhong de sheng ri.

Answer 9

Yeah, I thought so too about the 还是 but parent was like "Yeah! Follow what the question is telling you" (honestly I don't get it. I'm pretty sure I can use 他 in response when the question mentions the guy by name...)

Answer 10

oh, we can't use 跟 yet, we didn't learn it
I mean, I know what it means but

Answer 11

have you learned "yi qi" like "together"?

Answer 12

Na tian wan shang, Bai Ying-ai, Gao Wenzhong, Wang Peng he Li You yi qi chi fan.

Answer 13

sorry about my excessive use of ping yin.... the truth is that I can't read or write characters x'D

Answer 14

7. is good as "王朋认识李友。她是王朋的朋友."

Answer 15

8. yes you should use "yi ke" rather than "shi wu fen" to represent the ":15"
and the characters "you shi" at the end are wrong.
the grammar is correct though

Answer 16

Ah, okay! Sorry about any confusion then.

Can I do something like "na tian wan shang, Bai Ying-ai, Gao Wenzhong, hai you Wang Peng he Li You chi fan" ?

Answer 17

omg I hate typing in Chinese online for this reason ;-;

Answer 18

I feel like you should keep the people in their friend pairs in that case
so
na tian wan shang, Bai Ying-ai he Gao Wenzhong hai you Wang Peng he Li You chi fan le.

Answer 19

OOH
Yeah that makes a lot more sense, ty <3

Answer 20

also I should probably tell you that when using the oxford comma in chinese, they prefer this punctuation mark "、" rather than the typical comma ","

oxford comma meaning the comma used when listed three or more things

Answer 21

I did notice that but nobody uses it, so I neglected to include it x'D

Answer 22

:shrugs: proper grammar and all that

if you ever have to google it, it's called the "dun hao"

Answer 23

THAT is the dun hao?

welp

Answer 24

ok so 3) is
"Bai Ying-ai qing tong xue chi fan yin wei ..." etc?

Answer 25

yup!
"Bai ying ai qing tong xue men chi fan, yin wei jin tian shi gao wen zhong de sheng ri."

Answer 26

I think it was "ming tian" but I forget
makes note to check actual text

Answer 27

ok I'm so glad I didn't turn this in today, all these lil grammar issues

am salty

Answer 28

Anywaaaay.

THANK YOU.
You're awesome iggle ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Answer 29

make sure you double check the characters for everything, I only pointed out the thing in number 8 because I only know the very basic characters >,<
that is to say that I didn't check whether or not any of your other characters were the correct versions

Answer 30

oh the characters are definitely because I didn't check when typing lol
I know to write the correct ones :p

Answer 31

Oops sorry, it looks like #2 was "Bai Ying-ai inviting A, B and C to eat" as context, so it should be

"Bai Ying-ai qing A chi fan, ta hai qing B he C chi fan"

(idk if the "chi fan" in the second part should be included though -- if not then it would probably end as "ta hai qing le B he C")

Answer 32

(I should post an updated version of these answers later lol)