"My older brother's girlfriend is very pretty."

Translation: 我的哥哥的女朋友很漂亮。

[LeeShinabe]

For those of us that type in answers instead of selecting from a list, 我的哥哥的女朋友非常漂亮 should also be a correct answer since the English sentence has the word "very" in it. This is as Andvari4, rojer9, sarasmile8, Shiyaman, and LinDee1313 have already suggested. Please fix, thank you.

[spayk99]

I understand that "的" can be omitted with family members.

[Bence28280]

I also know that so.

[GranJohans3]

there is no need for "de" for family members

[Andvari4]

Is there a difference between 很 and 非常?

[MauroEzequ6]

很links subject and adjective, can be very for verbs. 非常means extremely, very, for adjectives, it is even stronger than 很.

[rojer9]

right, that was my understanding too.
but here the english sentence has "very" but it was impossible to construct 非常漂亮.
duolingo, please fix this!

[Obsidjan]

Agreed, I did that too. It seems like it should be allowed. The difference between the verys was not clear here.

[doJob1]

I put fei chang and it's still not correct (11th March 12020)

[Quetzalcoa290986]

Does that mean we cannot use 非常很

[TMBurn02]

I think you should use either 非常 or 很 but not both. They both mean "very" but 非常 is a stronger form of very.

[sarasmile8]

很 is "is" when you talk about qualificative adjective, 非常 is " is very"

[LongNguyen304]

"Very" is not included in Duolingo's answer and I was marked 'wrong'

[Shiyaman]

what's the difference between 很漂亮 and 非常可爱? I got it wrong for 非常可爱.

[LinDee1313]

I think 可爱 specifically means cute, whereas 漂亮 is pretty or beautiful. The way the English sentence is worded, 非常漂亮 should be accepted

[koa-lias]

Interestingly it was now recognized as correct.
June 24th 2019

[Lavinianovais]

I didn't noticed the 可爱 following 非常 and I marked that. For some reason it got me right！ even though that's definitely not 漂亮！

[fontaine.h]

中文在提及与自己有關的人時，是不用加「的」，因此都是說：我爸爸，我媽媽...等等。

[orgat]

Why are you writing Traditional here?
Showoff

[PolyGoat8]

Maaaaaaaybe Taiwanese? Or from Hong Kong? Or wanted to learn Japanese? Or Korean? Or any other language other than mainland mandarin? lol

HA- edit: profile says "Taiwanese but lives in Hong Kong" xD

[DexterGo]

Too many 的s...

[Rk5I3]

It accepts this with only one 的, you don't have to put one right after 我.

[Beautiful-star]

yeah. I think so.
I do not think "de" is necessary in the sentence above.

[MatthewEpp5]

I agree, I think it is more natural to have the "de" just once, between brother and girlfriend, not between I and brother.

[KimberlyChan2424]

In my opinion, using two 的s in a sentence doesn't sound that good. However, it os okay to put two 的s in a sentence.

[massoluk]

Oh no

[FJSoekahar]

Please help, where is the mistake?
My answer: 我的哥高的女朋友很漂亮 always being rejected.
Is it because I typed it with Chinese characters input?

[NickA.12]

Everything's fine with your grammar and wording, you just typed gegao instead of gege.

[FJSoekahar]

Thanks to Tim85653 and NickA.12.

[Tim85653]

No. I would write something like this:
我的哥哥的朋友很漂亮。
Although most Chinese might tell you not to use a 的 before family members like 弟弟 and 妹妹... Duolingo most likely requires this 的.

[FJSoekahar]

But Duolingo's is exactly same to my rejected answer.
Please check/compare to the said a
nswer on the top line of this page.

[Morales.Bruno]

Careful there, duo

[FOREIGNVORTEXES]

Isn't 漂亮 just so fun to say ?

[CWKCA]

Is it rude to call people 好看 instead of 漂亮?

[sn.ismarini]

So, is it right no need to put 非常 if already word 很?

[Tim85653]

The word 很 can be used as 'is' when using a noun + 很 + adjective. 非常 on the other hand means 'very' and is stronger than 很. Using both of them would be redundant.

[Quetzalcoa290986]

thank you

[Fakhri696938]

Feichang is very! Right?

[FOREIGNVORTEXES]

I got it wrong, because i didn't include the 的, i don't see why we need it when we are addressing girlfriend and brother. Should i flag it ?

[FOREIGNVORTEXES]

I still got it wrong, im going to flag it

[JennyGuo5]

很没有意思

[regina376938]

When I wrote very cute, i got it wrong.

[Astillias]

thats because cute is 可爱

[Quetzalcoa290986]

You can be ambivalent about very is it feichang or hen? Make up your mind. Frustrating!

[CaraMazzola]

How are 很 and 非常 used differently?

[CaraMazzola]

Can I use feichang and hen interchangably?

[PrakashJos18]

My answer is correct

[zebra123tera]

"我的哥哥的女朋友是很漂亮" should be accepted as a correct answer

[crip1163]

You have to eliminate the 是 in your sentence above.