"我一会儿见我的医生。"
Translation:I will see my doctor in a bit.
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Because that sounds like you would meet him for the first time if it said " will be meeting with" that would be closer to the meaning :-)
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我一會兒見我的醫生。
"一会" is pronounced as "yìhuǐ" in Taiwan (会 is pronounced in 3rd tone only when meaning "moment"). You can add "-r" (érhuà, "er-ization").
By the way, in my opinion, "一会儿" is not as common as "等一下" (děngyíxià) in Taiwan.
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I could use some more info to understand the pieces of this sentence. I get the words i and doctor but i don't know what the rest is.
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Have you looked at the tips and notes sections for all skills? They should help you understand things like how 我的 means my (I think of it as literally meaning 'I of' if that helps), and the fact that the 'in a bit' part has to go before the verb. Remember you can also hover over (or tap on mobile) any segment of a sentence you don't understand, unless you are testing out of the skill :)
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it's better to think of 的 as ownership(or as 's in english) you ad it to I to say mine but you use it the same to show ownership with any pronoun or pronoun. For example 'The dog's bone.' would be '狗的骨头'
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The recording seems not correct. Also the translation should be revised.
How does the 'in a bit' part look transcribed? It's not sounding like a complete pronunciation of the second logogram.
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儿 is the rare character that doesn't actually signify a complete syllable--it adds a retroflex r consonant to the end of the syllable before. You'll also see it with 这儿／那儿／哪儿. As MatthewEpp5, it's especially a feature in the north--if somebody's playing up a stereotypical Beijinger accent for laughs, they'll put 儿 in all sorts of places it doesn't belong.
一會 = yí huì I do not pronounce the 兒 /èr/, as it is a feature of Northern Chinese dialects and I find that sound unpleasant. 一會兒 (traditional) = 一会儿 (simplified)
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I don't know if sentences can have multiple meanings, but I think this is the same as 'I will see my doctor in a moment' isn't it?
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It could. IMO "in a moment" would imply it will be the next thing you do or will happen very soon. As where "in a bit" has a more ambiguous feel. Given the Chinese sentence, the latter seems more appropriate. Many sentences in the Chinese course have multiple translations per sentence. If you feel strongly about your suggestion, report it. If the contributors agree with your logic, they will add it, and you'll have helped make the course that much better.
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I used meet instead of see and was marked wrong
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Would "I am going to see my doctor in a bit" also work? Or does Chinese distinguish between "going to" and "will" ?
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i had a s for doctors and it marked it as wrong when you go to the doctors you see more than 1 doctor
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A doctor is somebody with a Ph.D., physician is a more accurate English word and should be accepted.
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"I will soon see my doctor" is incorrect but "Soon I will see my doctor" is correct?
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"in a bit" is appalling english! 'in a short time', 'shortly', 'a little later', 'soon' are just a few options which are all grammatically correct.
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We can have different standards. Yes it's idiomatic but grammatically it is appalling. Just because phrases like this are in common use as this one has been for a few years, doesn't alter the bad grammar. I won't wish you to do good in this course. wish you to do well in this course. Both of these comments are in prolific use but the first one is terrible grammar. Just another example to illustrate that an idiom is only a phrase that has become commonly used and does not necessarily mean it is correct grammar. Regards.
