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Sentence #3868892

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 Joseph Joseph August 20, 2015 August 20, 2015 at 5:35:05 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I think this should be changed from:
"May I ask, why do you not want to talk about this?"
to:
"May I ask, why you do not want to talk about this?"

It isn't incorrect as it is, but it's definitely unnatural.

Horus Horus June 15, 2016 June 15, 2016 at 10:50:09 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Duplicates of this sentence have been deleted:
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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #3868567Можно спросить, почему ты не хочешь об этом говорить?.

May I ask, why do you not want to talk about this?

added by Noisemaker, February 15, 2015
➜ #3868567Можно спросить, почему ты не хочешь об этом говорить?

linked by Noisemaker, February 15, 2015
➜ #3869486می‌توانم بپرسم چرا نمی‌خواهی درباره‌اش حرف بزنی؟

linked by AchillePoirot, February 15, 2015
➜ #3870403Megkérdezhetem, hogy miért nem akarsz erről beszélni?

linked by juliusbear, February 15, 2015
May I ask why do you not want to talk about this?

edited by CK, June 15, 2016
May I ask why you don't want to talk about this?

edited by CK, June 15, 2016
May I ask why you don't want to talk about this?

edited by CK, June 15, 2016
➜ #3869496אפשר לשאול מדוע אתה לא רוצה לדבר על זה?

linked by Horus, June 15, 2016
➜ #7777497Mag ik je vragen waarom je hier niet over wil praten?

linked by Rubrick, February 15, 2019
➜ #12383714Ĉu mi rajtas demandi, kial vi ne volas paroli pri tio?

linked by PaulP, March 24, 2024