"他是学生，你呢？"
Translation:He is a student, what about you?
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Traditional characters: 他是學生，你呢？(学 share the same form in simplified Chinese and Japanese.)
Not wrong. but less accurate, Since 'are you?' might imply 'what are you?' since it will be '你是吗?' 'ni shi ma?' or 'are you a student too?' (ni ye xuesheng ma?你也学生吗?) . But 'ni ne' refers too 'if you?'/'what about you'， 呢 usually refers to condition.
It is possibly marked wrong since 你呢 is not specifically asking whether or not you are a student, but more general.
Duolingo marked me wrong for answering 她是学生，你呢？instead of 他是学生，你呢？to the audio question. This is wrong since both 他 and 她 have the same pronunciation: tā. I don't understand how this hasn't been fixed yet.
"他" means "he/him" and "她" means "she/her". You can use either "他們" or "她們" for they/them.
Some note, any group (with majority female) with at least one male will be written as 他们 or 他們. but all female is 她们。
The sound can be. But if you wrote it, that would be he/him. I think 他 has the same sound as 她。
Not wrong. but less accurate, Since 'are you?' might imply 'are you a student too?'. But 'ni ne' refers too 'if you?'.
I'm still very confused when to use 是. Can someone explain why sometimes you don't use it even when there is a 'to be' in the sentence
Generally speaking, 是 is used before nouns (我是学生）while 很 is used before adjectives (我很高兴）. Of course, there are exceptions, but this is the basic rule that our teacher taught us in Chinese 1
Using shi是 is like linking some subject to another object ex. you are a student.
I had a "Type what you hear" prompt, and heard Chinese. I typed 她是学生，你呢？ and was told the correct solution is 他是学生，你呢？
Great.
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In Chinese, the analogous character/word to the English verb "to be" is "是", pronounced "shì".
I put 'he is a student, and you?' and it was accepted as correct. However in a previous similar question I answered 'I am a student, and you?' but was marked as incorrect. No consistency.
While they sound the same, the character is different. 他 = male, 她 = female. I hope this helps :)
Keep in mind, this may help others as I have written it down on my sheets, that 他 can mean He/His or like used in this sentence, "He is a student, what about you?", It just helps me to remember that.
does anyone else hear "xue she"? is the n rempved here or should it be more audable?
If ta is he and she, how do you tell the difference?. I keep choosing the wrong one.
Is saying how about you vs what about you not the same in Chinese? If not, I got marked wrong for doing the former
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You can't without the context. In fact, there was only 他 (gender-neutral). 她 didn't mean "she" but was repurposed to mean "she" to make translating non-Chinese text.
Why can't I use "He is a student, and you?" implying "and you, who are you?" (I'm all for less typing in English...)
Confused with the words shēng, xué and shí since the app says it all means student.
I am Dutch. So sorry that I make a mistake in English and my Chinese is good.... I use een instead of a.... een is Dutch. Two languages...
Excuse me i wrote how about you and it was wrong What is the difference
I don't pay. I have had so many times that my translation was good but they said it was wrong.... I am Dutch writing in English. I translate perfect in English but I change the position of words .. Maybe in Chinese this is very important but not in English. It is harder to remember the position of the sentences in English than to study Chinese.... I feel they want to take your motivation and get me so far I will start paying.... this is not good... sorry
Oh, sometimes in the same situation and construction you have to translate with: I want.... correct. Than for the same construcción: I would like to ..... please... one line please
Listening practice shouldn't disappear with just a single touch! Sometimes it is mere a mistake.
For me as a Dutch person I thought you could say: He is student or He is a student, and you? But on Duolingo there is a lot to do with the English translation.
then 是 it is used as an "you are", making the affirmation of yes?
He yes a student,what about you?(By doing this you can say that he is a student only with yes?
He is a student what about you - WRONG He is a student, what about you - WRONG He is a student, what about you? - CORRECT grammar corrections now?!?!
i wrote he is a student. are you? and it was considered wrong. i dont know why.