要 (yào) - why??
我可以要你的电话号码吗?
可以.
I don't understand why the verb 要 (yào) follows the verb 可以 ... to me sounds like there are two auxiliary verbs... can't find any explanation in my textbook...
thank you!
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Everyone, thank you all for explaining! : )
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要 means "want", "desire" etc. Literally translated, 可以要 = can want. Direct translation becomes "broken English". So it must be translated as "can have". Most adults learn by direct translation as most do not know or understand the special customs and culture of the target language. An example committed by Chinese adult learners when writing short essays, they use the term "small essays" because in colloquial Chinese, it is 小文章 instead of the more formal, 短篇文章. Learning a language devoid of its culture, history, tradition and other cultural biases won't one beyond a child's mentality stage.
要 (yào) - why??
我可以要你的电话号码吗?
可以.
I don't understand why the verb 要 (yào) follows the verb 可以 ... to me sounds like there are two auxiliary verbs... can't find any explanation in my textbook...
thank you!
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要 here is a verb means" to ask for" so 你可以说“我可以要一杯咖啡吗？”
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本句中，“要”是一般动词，不是助动词，所以“可以要”是能连用的。
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我可以要你的电话号码吗？Can I get your phone number？I think its similar.. But we don't put 可以before我 as English Grammar.
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