Topic: Chinese

"我们每天游半个小时的泳。"

Translation:We swim for half an hour every day.

November 17, 2017

12 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Dejo

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

    March 14, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/alanxoc3
    Plus

      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.

      July 15, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/Comitatensis

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

        April 6, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/Mama818045

          That confused me too

          April 6, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/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

            April 6, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/David508791

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

              November 17, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/AbunPang
              • 40

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

              November 17, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/CocoBoulaihBitch

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

                November 17, 2017
                https://www.duolingo.com/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.

                  December 5, 2017
                  https://www.duolingo.com/alex917206

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

                    January 4, 2018
                    https://www.duolingo.com/James65850

                      "We swim for half of an hour every day" is actually better English grammar, but it said I was wrong.

                      April 27, 2018
                      https://www.duolingo.com/JOrlando3

                        It's not better English grammar.

                        October 18, 2018
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