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"The tea is cheap there."
Translation:那里的茶很便宜。
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It doesn't "necessarily" mean very, both translations are correct. The meaning changes a little if you omit the 很. Without the 很 you are making a direct comparison to someone or something else. Kind of like adding -er
Not really you need to indicate it is the tea being sold there, either with 的 or 卖的or 在.
Chinese has the location/time to be grammatically before the subject usually.
No. Sorry I'm by no means a Chinese speaker but with very few exceptions, throughout this course, it was subject - time - verb - object. Subject always first. That's why this starts with 那里的茶 -- 'that place's tea' is the subject.
i understand why the 很 is needed without meaning very, but why can't i use 是?
The reason 很 is needed IS the reason you can't use 是.
是 is like an equals sign. You can't say noun=adjective. However, an adjective can't be a predicate by itself (unless you are making a direct comparison), therefore 很 is often put before the adjective.
便宜 pián yi cheap t inexpensive / small advantages / to let subject off lightly
便宜 biàn yí convenient
占便宜 Trad. 佔便宜 zhàn pián yi advantageous favorable to benefit at others' expense to take unfair advantage
便宜货 Trad. 便宜貨
pián yi huò
a bargain cheap goods
便宜行事
biàn yí xíng shì
act at one's discretion act as one sees fit
讨便宜 Trad. 討便宜
tǎo pián yi
to look for a bargain to seek advantage to try to gain at expense of others
There is a typo in the corrective pinyin, should be "pián yi" instead of "biàn yi"
the meaning is abbreviated when you can say it without "very" but it is still correct.
If I'm not mistaken, in the info of a previous topic DL said that they are synonymous.
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A previous question used the possessive 'there's tea' and 'very' (yes, not always 'very'). The inconsistencies make this very confusing. :(
很 is required here by Chinese grammar, and so it doesn't really mean "very".
