"我们每天游半个小时的泳。"
Translation:We swim for half an hour every day.
November 17, 2017
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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
JimJuette1
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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.
sid95846
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My answer was 'we swim for 1/2 an hour every day'. This was marked incorrect. I have no further comment.