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"He drinks coffee at 6:15 in the morning."
Translation:他早上六点十五分喝咖啡。
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I would love it if you told me what the words definition was, rather than just the pinyin writing/listening.
If you aren't sure, you should be able to hover over the individual words (or tap on them on mobile devices) to view the definition.
Do you mean the etymology of each character? Thats the only thing missing. The definitions can be accessed by clicking on the words or going back to previous lessons where the definitions were taught
The etymology of the characters would be a great addition fit the course. It would be a big help on memorization. I'm currently using archchinese for that purpose
tried with 早上 and 上午 and both were given correct. What is then the difference between these two? And what does it mean each of its characters?
早 by itself as an adjective means 'early'; as a noun means 'morning'
早上 is a noun meaning 'morning'
上 means, among other things, 'up' and 'previous'; 午 is 'noon'; 上午 means 'before noon'
Commonly, 早上 would be used for times earlier in the morning than 上午, which would be used for times closer to noon (like after 10am).
You used the wrong pronoun (他 vs 她) but apart from that the sentence seems correct.
If you sign in at duolingo.com instead of using the app you can go to each lesson and they have a chart listing the symbols and meanings listed and a short explanation
When would the 'morning' be before and when would it be after the time?
Units in Chinese always go from biggest to smallest. "Morning" always goes before the hour and minutes.
