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You can and you do but it sounds "babyish". That's my point. Whereas in some other languages it's idiomatic.

• bongodongobob 2y ago
  No it doesn't. I don't ask my colleague "Would you care to go to the bar and drink a beer after work?" I say "Grab a beer later?" As does every other normal person I know. "Get lunch?" Etc.
  • deadbabe 2y ago
    Even “Lunch?” is enough with someone you know well.
• dgfitz 2y ago
  I think you’re overthinking it. I’ve been talking to my kids like they’re just normal people since they were born. “Oh how old are they, 5? Nope, just turned 3. They speak so well!” shrug The second language must be biasing you somehow, it’s not hard to talk to your kids.
  • dismalaf 2y ago
    It's not about how I talk to my kid; he's picking up 2 languages just fine (trying a third but I'll admit I'm slacking a little on that one). It's about the perception of how children speak in English.
    • dgfitz 2y ago
      > The second language must be biasing you somehow
• thfuran 2y ago
  "Would you like some breakfast" isn't quite so overly wordy that I'd say it sounds unnatural, but it absolutely is not the bare minimum for idiomatic English. "Do you want breakfast?" is perfectly grammatical, and "Want breakfast?" would be a totally normal phrasing, even if some might argue that eliding the subject isn't technically correct.
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  • Izkata 2y ago
    There's even the in-between "You want breakfast?" that relies on the tonal shift at the end of the sentence used for questions.