[General] Do you want to see pandas?

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Silverobama

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Hi.

Let's say there are some pandas in a nearby city of mine and I want to ask a friend if she wants to see pandas, is it natural to say "Do you want to see pandas in Chengdu?". Chengdu is a nearby city of Chongqing.
 

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I'd say the pandas, as they are specific pandas - the ones in the zoo - and not pandas in general walking the streets of the city.
 

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Chengdu is a nearby city of Chongqing.

I don't think the sentence is natural.
I would say: Chengdu is a city near Chongqing.
 

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Ron: Do you want to see the pandas?
Don: What do the pandas do?
Ron: Eat, sleep, snd not mate.
Don: I'll pass.

:)
 

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Let's say there are some pandas in a nearby city [STRIKE]of mine[/STRIKE] and I want to ask a friend if she wants to see them. Is it natural to say "Do you want to see pandas in Chengdu?"
:cool:
 

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Do you want to see see pandas in Chengdu?
Is this one okay now, Piscean?
 
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