"Nice to meet you."

Translation: 很高兴认识你。

[ferrum]

This is a bit confusing.

Another sentence in this lesson is "Nice to meet you too", which was accepted as "认识你我也很高兴“. So I tried to translate "Nice to meet you" in the same way while removing "也“, but that was rejected.

It seems that none of the lessons before this one taught “见到” -- I had to look it up in a dictionary.

[JULIANNA485932]

Yeah I thought i missed a lesson for this new unexplained character.

[dpatkat]

2019 april, i dont see jian dao in this lesson now.

[ASZ18101849]

I entered 很高兴认识你 once yesterday and it gave me 很高兴见到你 as another correct translation. But coming across this question again today, I entered the also-correct 认识你很高兴 and it gave me 很高兴认识你 as another correct translation. It seems Duo doesn't know which one to make the default! (May 20, 2019/2019年5月20日)

EDIT July 3, 2019/2019年7月3日: I actually entered 很高兴见到你 using the keyboard and I got the message "Another correct solution: 很高兴认识你。"

[KarlRyanC.]

Both 很高兴认识你【很高興認識你】 and 很高兴见到你【很高興見到你】 are correct. Duolingo is improving its translation works, so that its machines could allow various translations.

[ASZ18101849]

You're right. It's just that the 见到 just comes out of the blue in this lesson. I think it just confuses others if it appears as another correct solution. I'd say both should be accepted, but 很高兴认识你 should be displayed as the default translation as not to confuse new learners.

[Naomi803974]

What is the pinyin for those last 2 characters?

[xSae_Byeokx]

Hen Gao Xing Ren Shi Ni

[Dragon408808]

Lessons? I can only find the practice sessions. Where do you find any lessons?

[CharlesGedeon]

You have to click the light bulb after you click the class!

[Dragon408808]

Xie Xie ni!

[roslynisawesome]

Click on the bubble things on the paper that say things on there

[strabbycrabby]

native speakers don't use jian dao as see you. it's not a phrase, it's a part of a sentence.

[TealLover1314]

me too

[NissaSkywalker]

Ok, I thought I was the only one confused about this.

[JordanKing692026]

Direct translation: Meet you I very happy

[Rose833486]

In chinese they say some things backwards like in english we say "happy birthday" but in chinese they say "birthday happy" (生日快乐）

[HouMuza]

Even names. Chinese starts with last name.

[Aideng_LM]

i think the adjectives come after the object/subject. Chinese is not backwards - it is much older than English.

[nic.duffy]

Backwards is relative, dont be a twit.

[aha528145]

Nope, im offended let us get duolingo shut down over this.

[roman2095]

"backward" and "backwards" are different words with different meanings.

[Sninguistics]

They mean in the reverse, not socially backward.

[SatyaPraka616744]

Many times, newer things comes after taking experience from past things. And are better.

[Hsn626796]

What does backwards mean here ?

[RPOParzival]

Ive learned that sometimes in chinese they put english words bacwords

[fadi.abbas]

You got it right. Similar terminology as Ni hao = You Good

[Holden_C.]

Thanks

[WoolArtist]

when this exercise is "pick the right sequence of characters," 很 is not listed among the characters to choose from D:

[dave.pretty]

yep, I"m caught in an endless loop here. "Hen" is not there.

[Crispy48154]

2018 October 4 -they have fixed that issue. 很 is now there

[Pavel321059]

Still irs saying not correct

[Saanasb]

same for me

[Hsn626796]

:o

[Markos_shruberer]

there is no sound for 见到

[Samantha261850]

Same for me... it is a character i havent seen... no idea what it is... really wish there were all characters listed in the info for each lesson... sometimes new ones get sprung on us and i don't understand...

[David434512]

Yeah, I wish there were an "explain" or "details" option for these. I need background on how this works, not just a bunch of exercises in matching the right tiles.

[Jonathon124064]

Not knowing what these characters mean or what they sound like is really hampering my understanding.

[Matthias538356]

And no translation..

[Debidob]

There seem to be so many ways to say the same thing! And they are not all accepted for each "nice to meet you"... some consistency would be appreciated.
1) 我很高兴认识你
2) 认识你我高兴
3) 很高兴认识你

[tebkanlo]

It's odd, this is the first time I see another possible translation given by duolingo itself.

很高兴见到你 （hěn gāoxìng jiàndào nǐ）. Any idea about the different uses would be nice

[qqingxia]

Actually 很高兴见到你 also brings the same meaning as 高兴认识到你. It means glad too see you/ met you for the first one and pleased to know you for the second one. Both are used formally and in a friendly manner. It can also be used infomally too.

[tebkanlo]

Thanks for your explanations. So is it better to use 认识 when meeting/getting to know someone for the very first time rather than 见到?

[Brian509442]

Agree

[Samira9996]

There are two characters that you didnt learn in thd exercise before amd they dont make a sound

[chunko]

I didn't have all the symbols required for either of the 2 correct answers

[Astar251]

I keep on getting the answers wrong when they are right, anyone else facing this problem?

[arcoirisily]

我也

[chris314145]

There is 2 characters in the selection that are 100% not shown at all from the begining of learning in this app. I dont understand the words and why 我 wasnt there

[JadeMochiMaknae]

I don't think anyone does to be honest

[PALewis88]

It would be helpful if 认识 and 见到 were included in the Greeting 2 lesson notes.

[Debbie333871]

见到 what is this please? There is no audio

[ASZ18101849]

"很高兴见到你" basically means the same as "很高兴认识你", according to what others have said above. As far as I know, the character 见 (jiàn) means 'to see' and the character 到 (dào) means 'to arrive'. So if you combine them together, it's like saying you're seeing that person. I'm not an expert on this, but I hope this helps in some ways.

[Omneya550195]

I have a question please, if
很高兴认识你 ( hen gao xing ren shi ni) means (nice to meet you) .

Why when saying (nice to meet you too) we have to add the word (I) , which is 我 at the beginning?

[Quinn598990]

Is it more or less correct to say "我很高兴认识你“ instead of leaving off the "我", and why? And when saying "Nice to meet you, too" it's incorrect to say ”也很高兴认识你“ instead of "我也很高兴认识你”. Why is this?

Thanks!

[ASZ18101849]

Good questions. To answer your first question, I think your translation is OK. It would be nice to get some insight from a native speaker for your other question, but as far as I know, I think it sounds awkward without the 我.

EDIT: Whoops, I didn't notice baukebos's comment down there.

[fluffyalpaca1]

Thanks came here for the exact same question - there is an answer further below on this.

[Elinew98]

If "很高兴" is a correct solution, then "很开心" should be as well

[ClassiDuo]

Basically that's right, though when negated, they are different. "不高兴" is unhappy/upset in the sense of angry, and "不开心" is unhappy/upset in the sense of sad.

[Nevin711542]

I believe you can say "wo renshi ni hen gao xing" as well in oral Chinese

[melbotics]

This is what I learned in a university class.

[Hsn626796]

So, in chinese,

[am happy meeting you]
(han gao shing ren she ni)

&

[meeting you I am happy]
( ren she ni wo han gao shing)

are both accepted ?

Does this apply to all word orders of sentences ?

[Doa298782]

Using proper and correct pinyin is going to make it easier for others to help you.

[jytou]

Shouldn't "Wo han gao shing ren she ni" be accepted as well?

[baukebos]

"我很高兴认识你。" is also correct, yes.

[fluffyalpaca1]

Thanks - came here for that aame question

[anete667143]

So far i did well till i got to this stage and it doesn't make any sense for me all. the order of words is so different and i constantly get lost. Can you please sugest esiest way to learn this, or how you guys are doing it? :)

[baukebos]

• 我很高兴 = I am (very) happy
• 认识你 = knowing you

So, that makes:

• 我很高兴认识你 = Nice to meet you.
• 很高兴认识你 = Nice to meet you.
• 认识你我很高兴 = Nice to meet you.

[matt876816]

Good to see it put out this way thanks

[Will-J-Crawford]

认识你我很高兴 is offered as a translation by hovering over the text, but wasn't accepted as an answer for me ("
Correct solution:
很高兴见到你。")

[deactivated user]

Why is the sentence structure so different when it's "Nice to meet you" (ren shi ne wo hen gao shi) vs "Nice to meet you, too" (wo ye hen gao shi ren shi ne)? I keep on getting caught with these things. Is there a translation error in this app? Or is it really like that? Are there any native speakers that can help?

[baukebos]

If you want to translate 'Nice to meet you', you can also use '我很高兴认识你'. It might be helpful to know there are two 'parts':

• 我很高兴 = I am happy
• 认识你 = knowing you

If you want to combine them, the order doesn't really matter. Both are correct:

• 我很高兴认识你 = Nice to meet you.
• 认识你我很高兴 = Nice to meet you.

You can also do this when you want to translate 'Nice to meet you, too':

• 我也很高兴认识你 = Nice to meet you, too.
• 认识你我也很高兴 = Nice to meet you, too.

Correct me if I'm wrong, please.

[Monique727769]

This wasn't taught to us.

[Izman7]

Why is there a term that i havent learn yet. And i dont even know the sound it makes because when i tap it it doesnt say anything

[Samira9996]

Same for me.......

[Rod37437]

"Jian dao" is not an option (characters not available). So, had to use what was available: hen gaoxing renshi ni (versus) hen gaoxing jiandao ni.

[JayTan3]

I put in 高兴认识你 and was marked incorrect when it should be correct. Im bilingual, a Singaoorean Chinese.

[Elder717098]

Same here from Sibu, Malaysia.

[rod01francis]

A recommendation for those who's trying to translate Chinese with an English translate:

Don't be so mad at the language with such comparisons. Try to be open mind and accept the rules the way they are.

It's less hard for me after accepted that.

[Ryuko04]

They translated this into 'Nice to meet you.' “很” here means very much, but in chinese, a certain phrase just cant go fluently without the word “很” . “高兴” here means excited. So instead of writing the translation as 'Nice to meet you', i guess it's more correct to say 'Im so excited to meet you'. Here's the direct translation. “很” means very much , “高兴” means excited/ so happy , “认识” means to get to know/ meet , and “你” means you. So it could also be 'Im so excoted to meet you'. Hope this could help

[Dave9b]

Can I write 我艮高兴认识你？

[Dave9b]

Is it correct to write 我艮高兴认识你？

[bonjourmarlene]

Why is it wrong to say 我很高兴认识你？It says to leave out the 我, but I don't really get why.

[Tanuki478717]

Can't play the 'suggested' translation audio... makes it difficult to learn

[Angel509]

I've put the same characters and told it's not correct!!

[JM759]

Same here. I was actually swearing at the screen and ready to quit. If you aren't going to teach the symbols or sounds, don't include them! I don't care if you think it's correct, if you haven't taught it, IT'S WRONG!

[An-duo-crates]

The prompt says, "Nice to meet you," I feel like it should accept 认识你很高兴 ... I know it's not what they were going for here, but it isn't wrong.

[Kathy979841]

Same for me. You cannot do it

[Dan780506]

How do we pronounce this 见到 I can't find it anywhere n the lessons.

[RenaudPF]

I think the answer 认识你很高兴
Should be accepted. I'm I right?

[Kathy979841]

Same for me.

[MadsCarlen]

I've never seen this character before.. 到

[Happydoggos]

it means: until

[Will-J-Crawford]

It would be nice if Due introduced these other translations before expecting them as answers! I've seen both 见到 and 见面 but neither was "taught" before appearing in these exercises (and at least one of those should be "Nice to see you" rather than "Nice to meet you", as far as I can tell).

[SafSiJia]

To meet you I am happy?

[hallojanelle]

认识你很高兴

[elguerreroavila]

I've answered "我很高兴认识你" and it was my only option, but it says "another translation: 很高兴到你"

[Will-J-Crawford]

Should be 见到你 (see you). Did they really suggest that?

[AmyC233525]

When doing this question "到你" isn't an option :'^(

[BrandonJoh949542]

It would help a bit if the fonts used in the character tiles and the correct solution were the same. You think Duolingo did that just to expose us to different versions of the same character?

[Cat756229]

There is something wrong with this question because not all the characters are given in the list of options to create this sentence. The fourth and the fifth characters are not given. I think this is Greetings 2, Level 1.

[AzleaMatth]

很高兴见到你。
Translation: I'm happy too meet you.

[Brandon712892]

'I am very happy to meet you'

[NgPrety]

Why it keep switching ....i put the right one at first and it say wrong and the second time i put the one it said and it switched back to the other one. kepping messed up

[MichaelSte344122]

I believe that they haven't even taught all these characters (99% sure) but they are presenting it as an alternative, as though it should be known.

[Mohd.Elfie]

I find this difficult to understand

[MamaBruestle]

I find this one tough. I don't know why 很 is a part of the sentence. I can understand 高兴 as being "nice". Should I think of 很高兴 to mean "nice" as well as "very happy". "Happy" alone isn't "nice"?

[BuddyHarri5]

This alternate translation uses symbols we haven't been taught yet.

[DMKs2]

Nice to meet you is aldo translate as "高兴认识你”

[NicolasGranbar]

Why is character 我 omitted in this sentence?

[roslynisawesome]

So long and complicated

[Ckoa7ORf]

Duo, stp, modifie cette page ; ça ne va pas !
Duo, please, change this sentence or the words below: it does not work !
At least,add "jian dao" !

[allen950]

Isn't 人 the same as 认？Don't they both mean "person" with the same pronounciation? Because 很高兴人识你 was not accepted as an answer. . .

[ASZ18101849]

They are actually different. 人 and 认 are pronounced with different tones. 人 is pronounced ren2 (with second tone) and 认 is pronounced ren4 (with fourth tone). 人 means "person", but 认 means "recognize". 认识 means "meet". Hope this helps.

[allen950]

Ohhhh, I see now.. 谢谢

[ASZ18101849]

不客气。:)

[U5eN3]

We're learning Chinese partly so we learn how they think! If you don't translate directly one one like western Europeans think we can't learn the language! I'm quitting this on duolingo for the 2nd time because YOU don't believe that and still don't get it right! Shame on you!

[RaynaLThompson]

I started ok, and then it totally lost me. No matter what I put, it asks me the same question again but changes the answer it wants or doesn't offer all the things it wanted as the answer. What is up with this app? I've gone from 75% done back to like 20% over the last 15 minutes.

[TyTy113413]

很高兴 meaning "very happy" 见到 meaning "to see you" 很高兴见到你... meaning "Nice to meet you" (very happy to see you)

[CesarDietrich]

why we must use the "wo" ( i ) for nice to meet you, too but not for nice to meet you?

[Nevin711542]

Renshi ni hen gaoxing 认识你很高兴 is more common in China and simpler but hey, another variation on it doesn't hurt does it? Who cares if it didn't get taught before? Getting something wrong is the best way to remember it.

[moloneyderek]

Is there a difference between very nice to meet you and nice to meet you.
is Very (很)Nice used in practice of Nice to meet you. What is the significance if you omit the 很. Is it an insult.?

[ahHk20]

Why in "nice to meet you too", when I didn't write 我，Duolingo marked that wrong?

[Happydoggos]

很高兴认识您 (nin) should also work, because 您(nin) is used as the formal term of address.

[VictoriaAt685290]

This is confusing

[madhureema2]

I am really confused about nice to meet you and pleased to meet you phrases.

[LydiaA.2413]

This phrase: 很高兴认识你:
高兴= happy,
认识= know or meet,
你= you,
很=very, but can also be used like a 是,
If you put it together. It says "happy to meet you"
I hope that helps explain things a little. Good luck with your learning!

[deactivated user]

he is saying "I am happy to see you"

[saiskandapgs]

The new version is confusing as well... Can someone explain?

[Lena586515]

I did the write one but then self doubted myself an changed it

[ARSeule]

I wrote traditional characters and it's marked wrong. Some time ago it was accepted. I'm confused. Anyway, I wrote the right answere and it should be accepted!

[ARSeule]

Traditional characters should be accepted! And for sometimes it was. Why not now?

[xX_Scarletz_Xx]

you could say 高兴认识你...or is it me being too lazy like always when i speak chinese ahhaha

[Chloobear]

Why is 我很高兴认识你 not accpeted in this case?

[TheDreadfulGuy]

Why "我很高兴认识你!" is not accepted? 26/12/2020?

[GuilesTheme]

Pinyin: hěngāoxīng rènshi nǐ

[Xiao_Ba1]

Its confusing now

[SignoftheStar]

2/19/21 我很高兴认识你 marked wrong, with the correct answer presented as 很高兴认识你. What?!?

[SignoftheStar]

2/19/21 我很高兴认识你 marked wrong with 很高兴认识你 given as the correct answer. What?!?

[jorrad93]

你很高兴认识 is wrong I guess. You are happy meeting.

[jorrad93]

你很高兴认识 is wrong I guess. You are happy meeting.

[NicholasD22-]

There are times where Duolingo simply likes to bother me and tries to make learning difficult and unbearable

[NeilAlexan16]

What does one by ren shi

[ThatGirlMu1]

This threw me for a loop too! I was like, "What? When did I learn this?"

[desipuspita_a]

So we have to type the Pinyin?? I just remember the character, not the sound above the final

[LordRandomness]

Wo gao xing ren shi ni, why do I have to be very happy to meet you, and not just happy?

[TheLearner504]

This is hard

[Jing520888A]

It didn't show me the picture.

[jane.degtiareva]

The lesson makes you think that 认识 should be pronounced as rènshí, but other websites have it as rènshi. Why is this? It looks like other 2-syllable words with 4th tone followed by 2nd don't lose the 2nd, so what makes rènshi special?

[IanMcFarla17]

Why is the 很 necessary here?

[Willyum86]

Hey all. Is the "hen" part of "hen gao xing" formal? Seems strange that i always have to say "very"

[HappyMimi12]

很高兴认识你

[JadeMochiMaknae]

jaedeu.exe has stopped working, please rebut the system to try again (;¬_¬)

[roslynisawesome]

too long

[Fybaa_]

is "我很高兴认识" really not acceptable? Just curious, I do understand that the 我 isn't really necessary, but I was just wondering if it really cannot be considered.

[Will-J-Crawford]

人是谁？

[javier840212]

Is this another way to say Nice to meet you I have not seen those new symbols before

[LydiaA.2413]

Yes, there are multiply ways of saying Nice to meet you. This is one of them. It uses happy to refer to "I'm happy to meet you"

[joe163469]

废话，

[Pixsword]

Im confused because hen in chinese means very and when it says wo hen gao shin there is no very to simplify it.

[ChrisJ.C.]

Please tell me where in the English sentence is says "very." I wait with bated breath.

[LydiaA.2413]

很 does mean very but it can also be used like 是

[tofumofu]

is the hen necessary?

[deactivated user]

I keep forgetting about the Ye part

[LydiaA.2413]

There is no "ye" in this sentence. yě (也) means also, so it wouldn't be needed in this sentence.

[TealLover1314]

I AM CONFUSED

[LydiaA.2413]

If you say what you're confused about, we can help you. Just saying you're confused isn't going to help you.

[DiegoGraje]

Why it is "nice" "happy"? Hen hao xing.

[Aviva328416]

I hate this problem

[ELDERRlCH]

很高兴认识你

[vinylrecord1445]

Wo hen gaoxing is correct at least colloquially

[Femi8523]

This is one complicated sentence

[isaiah156153]

I don't know

[CarolKelle15]

Okay...not alone

[Tiana515824]

Where is hen in all of this?

[Alex818236]

No explayn

[Alphonso461688]

This is soo confusing

[LydiaA.2413]

If you leave a more direct question that is confusing you, then some people can help you. But just saying that it is confusing is not helping anyone.

[mRmxKWUb]

the clues are not right!!!

[Gaby162896]

My answer should have been accepted

[Loreta986995]

I was correct and mark me wrong

[h.a.w.k.s]

HA BE GET

[Rob472158]

What the fuxk .. how should I know this if the app doesnt guide me to this knowledge

[isaiah156153]

I don't know

[huongly0806]

I'm not clearly

[darcymiller02]

:p

[deactivated user]

Seriously? It just direct traslate xD

[edit573754]

.plnu
.ni!! ! Lp.