"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
那里的茶 = the tea of that place / that place's tea / the tea there... "The tea of that place there is cheap." Rephrasing is often needed between English and another language.
There is a typo in the corrective pinyin, should be "pián yi" instead of "biàn yi"
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
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.
Not really you need to indicate it is the tea being sold there, either with 的 or 卖的or 在.
the meaning is abbreviated when you can say it without "very" but it is still correct.
A previous question used the possessive 'there's tea' and 'very' (yes, not always 'very'). The inconsistencies make this very confusing. :(
For the chinese translation to be accurate, the English sentence should be ' the tea is very cheap there.
The question didnt have the word "hěn" in it ...so it shouldnt have expected us to answer like it has the word.
This machine is wrong! because "the tea is cheap there" does not have very, so should be cheap, 那里的茶便宜 not very cheap. 不是那里的茶“很”便宜。
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Because it is not correct. You have to pay more attention to the notes. Hen3 is required for adjectives.
How about 茶那里很便宜 ? (Was marked wrong, but I wanted to ask everyone's opinion.)
what's the problem with leaving out very=很? as in 'the tea is cheap there' ?