Duolingo Chinese unit 15

 1》我们十一点去机场。

We go to the airport at eleven o clock

现在几点？

What time is it now?

我们下午要去机场。

We are going to the airport in the afternoon

出租车十一点到。

The taxi arrives at eleven o'clock.

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• 我们几点去机场？

What time are we going to the airport?

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Asking questions with

Asking questions with interrogatives

In Chinese, question words like . (what time) or l (how much) stay in the same position as the answer would Unlike English, you don't move the question word to the front.

Question	Answer
現在几点？	现在三点。
公交年几点到？	公交车九点到。

Part of the day + clock time

To specify a time of day, Chinese puts the general time before the specific time — the opposite of English.

② 上午九点

9:00 AM (Lit "morning 9 o'clock")

上午十一点半

11:30 AM