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"我今天很好。"
Translation:I am good today.
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Please don't perpetuate weak/poor English use by allowing "I am good today." Surely you know it's I am well today. A good person is not always a well person. I know it's common usage, but it's lazy, and poorly structured. Otherwise, Duolingo, I like what you do.
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I further assume that whoever downvoted me doesn't know that "good" in English is only used to judge one's character ;-)
Incorrect check Oxford English 'good' definition 11: health. "I'm good" is perfectly acceptable. I'm well isn't unless referring to a prior illness.
But it isn't poor english. It might not be precise but there's nothing wrong with it... unlike 'You all are busy today' (twitch).
Does anyone else hear a slight /x/ sound, as the last sound in "loch," at the beginning of 很 and 好?
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Kareem, you might try thinking of it as an aspirated "h" (h with some noise behind it), it will make it easier to get the question right, if you're still dependent on the pinyin like I am.
I think so, yeah. I get the impression that the 'h' sound moves forward in the mouth to something more like ch/x or even almost and 's' sound sometimes, possibly depending on which vowels are around it?
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I do, depending on the speaker - definitely on those specific words that you mentioned. I watch a lot of Chinese TV and notice that some actors use this sound, and some don't. It might be a regional thing.
Does the time indicator (like today, yesterday, next year etc) always come right before the verb? Could this sentence be structured differently?
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yes in mandarin the date always comes first.. subject before date is okay, but the sequence is always date then place then object.
What I understand, the time indicator always come either before or after the subject. That depend on what is in focus. If it's the time, the time is first. But if that is who have the time, the time is after the person ... hope it cleared a bit up ^^
The more traditionally proper English term is ‘well’; ‘I am good’ can instead be a statement about one's character. Not that I object to having both words accepted here (plenty of other colloquial English is accepted), but they're not entirely interchangable either.
@LaohuLady: I don’t think so, “good” is not proper English in this context. ‘I am well’ is imho the correct answer
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I agree. "Good" is not correct English here. It's used frequently, but the correct form is always "I am well." However, it might not be worth forcing English-speakers to speak English correctly in order to teach them Chinese :)
Not true please check Oxford English Dictionary. Good, Definition 11: Health. "I'm good" is perfectly acceptable.
If you listen closely, yo may hear that the audio sounds like: Wŏ jīntiān hede hăo.
Isn't it grammatically incorrect to say, "I am good"? Shouldn't it be, "I am well"?
It should be I am well. Well is an adverb that describes how someone is. Good is grammatically incorrect.
Oxford English Dictionary disagrees. Check the the eleventh definition of Good. Health example: "I'm good" it's perfectly acceptable.
the translation should be I am very good today because 很 means very. My answer should also be accepted because it's the same, just arranged differently.
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Hi Jack, I think it's because of the "very" that it's marked incorrect. I don't speak Mandarin nearly well enough to know how fluent speakers speak it, but at least in Duolingo (possibly in Mandarin as well, assuming the app is correct) 很 is a substitute for "is." So "Today I am well" or "I am well today" should both work (I've only tried the latter). But any sentence that adds "very" is marked incorrect.
I speak mandarin... "很" means very. I think it should be "I am very good today" or something like that...
Correction, I wrote (in Chinese): "Today I very good" and got it wrong? Correct is only "I today very good"? :/
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In English we have several options for word order, but we only know which ones are correct because we've been exposed to them over time. Until you speak Mandarin fluently, stick with the word order that is presented in the app or website. It will make your language learning much easier.
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我的日子很好
Edit: According to google translate, atleast
Translate Link: https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=en&tl=zh-CN&text=My%20day%20is%20good
Why is "my day was very good" wrong? Surely that's a literal translation?
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To me, "I am good today" sounds like American dialect. "I am well today" should not be marked wrong IMHO.
Actually it's British dialect. I've checked the Oxford English grammar book and yes it is acceptable.
I am well is only acceptable when referring to a prior illness.
Are you kidding? Why am I being today this means I am "fine" today?
Does the Chinese mean that the person telling that he is clever, achieving good things etc that day or does it mean that he feels well ? Or could it mean both?
Why as far I study Chinese in Duolingo, Feel like "很" doesn't use in English, even through it's have own meaning. The meaning of "很" is "Very". Okey then, if you don't use word "very". So, we will say more better word instead use "very" word. Like the example Cheerful instead Very happy (很高兴)
