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For example if I'm going to a wedding in a few weeks, I might ask my friends "I need some wedding clothing advice" or "I need some advice about what to wear".
I know that I can directly ask 参加婚礼穿什么好？or something along those lines, but is there an indirect way to introduce the question? Like the English sentences I wrote above. How could they be naturally translated?
In [I need] [some] [advice] [about X], "about X" is an adjectival phrase for the object "advice".
As you can see, the adjectival phrase is placed after the object.
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The following is a word for word transfer of English grammar into Chinese sentence:
[我需要] [一些] [建議], [關於 X (的)] - you need to add adjectival marker '的' to make '關於 X' into an adjectival phrase
But in native Chinese grammar, the adjectival phrase "關於 X (的)" should be placed before the object "建議" as below:
[我需要] [一些] [關於 X (的)] [建議]
"我需要一些建議, 關於 X 的." (English grammar)
"我需要一些關於 X 的建議." (Chinese grammar)
In Chinese, what we would naturally say is
你知道参加婚礼应该穿什么好吗？
Or even more indirectly
你觉得参加婚礼应该穿什么好？
Totally agree with Tang Ho
I need some advice about XXX.
我需要一些关于XXX的建议。
I need some advice about what to wear at a friend’s wedding.
我需要关于参加朋友婚礼穿什么的建议。
I need some wedding clothing advice.
我需要一些关于婚礼礼服的建议。(sounds a bit weird I’m told, not very colloquial)
I dunno what I should wear to a wedding.
我不知道参加婚礼应该穿什么。
Can you tell me what’s best to wear to a friend’s wedding?
你可以告诉我去参加朋友婚礼穿什么好吗？
