"北はあっちです。"

Translation: North is that way.

[Bobby322520]

This doesnt translate to, North is over there?

[V2Blast]

"There" generally refers to a specific location; since north is a direction, "that way" works better.

[KeithWong9]

Doesn't make much sense to me. North is that way should be better.

[Ever2662]

This sounds fine to me. "Over there" can be used for handwavey directions, at least in English. I'm pretty sure I've said something exactly like "North is over there" several times IRL while trying to navigate grid cities.

Jisho also supports あっち meaning "there", so I think it should be an acceptable translation.

[Itcchy]

I translated "The North is that way" and I got the wrong answer?

[Xyvyrianeth]

In English, "the North" usually refers to a specific region rather than a general direction. If you mean the general direction, you usually just say "north".

[SabianF]

"The North" is a specific region (of a country / the world), when simply "North" is a direction you can travel, from any location on Earth.

[Boringjorn]

Sir, the scouts just returned! Enemies to the North are to the north, and Our Allies South of Us are south of us!

[Hajo201855]

The North remembers.

[Alex425703]

You shouldn't use "the", I think

[JPanda98]

In Japanese no distinction is made between definite and indefinite objects. For my dialect of English both are used a lot due to us using them terms "The North" and "The South" a lot (up to on road signs).

[GaneshTotoro]

http://www.japanesewithanime.com/2016/10/kocchi-socchi-acchi-docchi-meaning.html?m=1

[lauraglot85]

Thank you. That was very helpful

[TenomeTenebrae]

Why is the 'u' in desu, sometimes silent and sometimes not? Like in this sentence.

[KVELLER]

Why is she saying "desu" all of a sudden, when pretty much every single audio before this one said "des"?

[KinVTrn1]

I think it also depends on the dialect. You can hear it differently when in Tokyo or Hiroshima. Anw feel free to add U since it'll sound more polite.

[SabianF]

誰はあっちこっちを見ましたか。いいアニメです。

[NiyamBhushan]

The North is that way. Is also correct

[YanagiPablo]

What is the difference between those ○っち　and ○ちら ?

[KeithWong9]

colloquial vs written

[nicolajade95]

Another one without hiragana 北はあっちです == 【きた】はあっちです

[ChrisBanci]

Whats difference between acchi and docchi?

[KeithWong9]

あっち is over there and どっち is which way (question word)

[omarguillermo99]

I think he ment あっち and そっち

[Chris538660]

In that case あっち is far away from both parties, そっち is near the listener, and こっち is near the speaker

[Edikan2]

あっち can't mean "over there" since "apparently" according to Duolingo, it's wrong in this sentence.

[tphillips]

Think of it more like "This way" (by the speaker), "That way" (by the listener), and "THAT way" (away from BOTH the speaker & listener). We can't SEE the context of the conversation but we can INFER it by choice of words used.

[joman.cini]

What is "ecchi" then?

[V2Blast]

The Japanese pronunciation of the letter H, short for 変態(へんたい), usually used to mean "pervert". (エッチ itself is sometimes used to mean similar things such as "indecent, lewd, sexy".)

[Boringjorn]

Start walkin', and call me when you get to the pole.

[amadrei]

ああ、オリンパスはあっち

[krislalev]

Is " North is OVEr that way" wrong?

[CactusBrownies]

あっち = (Over) that way
そっち = That way
こっち = This way

Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm just making this to screenshot it :)

[ekoi1995]

北は(North)
あっち(that way)
です(is)

[hyonkhyonk]

"north is in that direction" not accepted