"我们每天游半个小时的泳。"

Translation: We swim for half an hour every day.

[Dejo]

There is no explanation of why "游 and 泳" are separated by a time phrase.

[alanxoc3]

So this is a grammar structure in Chinese that works for verb+object phrases words. If you want to say how long you are doing something, instead of when, you say: i today went swimming 3 hours of swim.

[Comitatensis]

So I and ended up finding this in another thread on duolingo. (sorry for the guy I quote, I forgot your name, please forgive me)

the explanation is here : https://www.digmandarin.com/chinese-separable-words.html

see section (3) of "The common usages of separable words"

I hope this helps, It did for me

[NathanRasm]

Read the tips on every skill you start. Reread them sometime before you finish.

[Comitatensis]

I would like an answer to that too. That is confusing

[Mama818045]

That confused me too

[M-Artist]

yeah, apparently its possible for verbs with multiple characters, but it doesnt sound natural. i asked a native and he said its very textbook; better to keep them together

[David508791]

We swim for half an hour every day, doesn't mean the same thing?

[AbunPang]

That’s the model solution as far as I can see. (Or maybe the solution was changed in the meantime?)

[CocoBoulaihBitch]

Shouldn't "Every day we swim for half an hour" work too ?

[Janus159341]

I put "every day we spend half an hour swimming" to reflect how often Duo Lingo marks me incorrect for not saying "spend" whenever recounting how long an activity took (and I was still marked incorrect). A consistency check would be recommended.

[WangShu412]

"We swim for half hour every day" should be accepted.

[MQwyj]

I get the separation of verb (游) and object (永)， but why is the "的“ added? Shouldn't 我们每天游半个小时永 work as well?

[NathanRasm]

Bending the translation a little, "Every day we take a half hour's swim." 的 is there to link the duration to 游泳.

[JimJuette1]

There is nothing wrong with saying "We swim everyday for half an hour." English is not as inflexible as other languages. Please add this to acceptable translations.

[alex917206]

"We swim for half an hour daily." should be acceptable?

[Omayra-123]

This grammar is impossible! Split words??? I even tried reading the linked article and it was waaaaay above my head :(

[M-Artist]

yeah, apparently its possible for verbs with multiple characters, but it doesnt sound natural. i asked a native and he said its very textbook; better to keep them together

[sid95846]

My answer was 'we swim for 1/2 an hour every day'. This was marked incorrect. I have no further comment.

[M-Artist]

i checked with a native speaker and this order, although correct, is unnatural. very textbook-ish. same with all the other sentences with this structure, it would be better to keep the 2 parts of the verb together.

[Shira330916]

Everyday can be put first or last in English

[NathanRasm]

半 is going to be the death of me.

[jenlai5]

I had a typo, and vs an

[Jeanie788078]

Why is this translation incorrect: we swim every day for half an hour?

[neonjilly]

There is a typo for the English word "an"instead of using

[neonjilly]

There is a typo on the English choice for "an" instead of "a" and the correct answer above in the also uses "an" as in an half hour. Yet the

[Dm1tr1]

What's up with the 的泳 at the end of the sentence? They already established that they are swimming....