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"Nice to meet you."
Translation:很高兴见到你。
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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.
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。"
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.
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.
【见到】 is "meet" (edit: literally "see") and 【认识】 is "recognise" or "know", so in fact the former is a better literal translation (no idea which is the more idiomatic in China, and it may well very with location and generation).
见到means met. For example: 走街市, 我见到他。Translation: I saw him while shopping. 认识means to know or to get to know. 那个人很帅, 我想认识他。Translation: That person is very hot, I want to get to know him.
native speakers don't use jian dao as see you. it's not a phrase, it's a part of a sentence.
Lessons? I can only find the practice sessions. Where do you find any lessons?
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）
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i think the adjectives come after the object/subject. Chinese is not backwards - it is much older than English.
Many times, newer things comes after taking experience from past things. And are better.
when this exercise is "pick the right sequence of characters," 很 is not listed among the characters to choose from D:
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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
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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
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.
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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?
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...
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.
Not knowing what these characters mean or what they sound like is really hampering my understanding.
There are two characters that you didnt learn in thd exercise before amd they dont make a sound
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
"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.
It would be helpful if 认识 and 见到 were included in the Greeting 2 lesson notes.
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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.
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?
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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.
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
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?
"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.
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!
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.
Thanks came here for the exact same question - there is an answer further below on this.
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? :)
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- 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.
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。")
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).
I put in 高兴认识你 and was marked incorrect when it should be correct. Im bilingual, a Singaoorean Chinese.
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.
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
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!
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.
很高兴认识您 (nin) should also work, because 您(nin) is used as the formal term of address.
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 ?
Using proper and correct pinyin is going to make it easier for others to help you.
Can't play the 'suggested' translation audio... makes it difficult to learn
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!
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.
jaedeu.exe has stopped working, please rebut the system to try again (;¬_¬)
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"
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?
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.
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"?
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" !
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. . .
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.
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)
why we must use the "wo" ( i ) for nice to meet you, too but not for nice to meet you?
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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.
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.?
Why in "nice to meet you too", when I didn't write 我，Duolingo marked that wrong?
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.
Is this another way to say Nice to meet you I have not seen those new symbols before
I am really confused about nice to meet you and pleased to meet you phrases.
What the fuxk .. how should I know this if the app doesnt guide me to this knowledge
