"我们的家在台湾。"

Translation: Our home is in Taiwan.

[Andrew-Lin]

Native speaker from Taiwan here!
Traditional characters: 我們的家在台灣。

[_LolZ_]

I can't imagine having to write the last character...

[RGZReGZ]

Break it apart. First is the left and right, so you have the "water"; then the right side can be seperate into top and bottom; the top is component form of 絲 、言、絲 , then bottom is “弓”. Not hard to remember, but still tedious and PITA to write.

[bjornet]

Thanks, much better ^^^ <3

[Hugo_zerocool]

Isn't 家 supposed to have several meanings Such as House, home and family?

[AbaddonWan]

家means home basically， 家人means family members， 回家means go home， 家乡means home town， 国家means country

[duovivo]

In that case, what would be the typical way to write "Our house is in Taiwan?"

[jordanchfung311]

Yes, but in this sentence, "家" means home or house.

But in Taiwan nowadays, lots of people live in apartments, so that home is the best answer.

[EquanimousLingo]

Yes

[NatsukoEno]

Is "Our house is in Taiwan." also not ok?

[Tommy556270]

No, home means your sweet home in chinese. It can be a house, a flat, an apartment. But house is 屋 an independent building

[AbaddonWan]

No, see my answers above

[Ululare]

I am wondering, is jia1 home as in the sentimental place you live and have/make memories, or is it more the place where you live now. This because "Our house is in Taiwan" was considered wrong and I am just wondering about the cultural sentiment placed in this word.

[phszombie]

It must actually mean the physical structure as I put "Our home is Taiwan." and it was marked incorrect.

[AbaddonWan]

你家在哪里 basically means “where do you live”， it is not the literally meaning of asking you where your house is. Its more or less asking you your home town.

[AbaddonWan]

so 我们的家在台湾，means our home town is in Taiwan

[jordanchfung311]

Not really! Home is "家", hometown is 家鄉!
They are different, so this comment is incorrect.

[hatchellj]

This one marked me wrong for using "house" instead of "home". Why? In English the words are synonyms.

[roman2095]

Not really. Although your home can be a house, you can also have a house that is not your home, and a home that is not a house.

[mre123slh]

Same problem here. And not synonyms, the usage is commonly interchangeable in English

[jordanchfung311]

Hmmmm........ This is really a tricky question, duolingo should accept "house" too! However, you must know that, lots of people in Taiwan nowadays, live in apartments. So, you have no problem but you can use "home" as well!

[laura_a101]

I put "Our house is in Taiwan." and it was marked incorrectly, though it should be correct

[nIzN4]

our house is in taiwan?

[taibrashee]

Our home is in ROC

[Christophe777620]

Can this also translate to; my family lives in Taiwan ?

[Avalerion]

I also thought this, but I'm guessing it's because you're missing the "dun" here? But maybe a native speaker could elaborate on that.

[Nivkotzer]

You're so lucky

[SyllableX]

its the same thing!

[Noe785177]

Whats wrog?

[the1best]

Hi, I'm a native, the correct Chinese sentence should be "我们家在台湾。 ".
The "的" was unnecessary. Boo, Duo! I had high hopes, but Duolingo had let us down!

[stupedfatidiot]

You confuzed me a bit..

[Anas276]

So how do you say "Our home in Taiwan"?

[Adam646882]

So... I typed in the correct characters but it marked it wrong.

[xEDI11]

Please explain why Taiwan writes without "the"

[DavidCorba5]

Can't it be 'Our family is in Taiwan?'

[Logan240200]

This question made me realize that im getting closer and closer to singing "our house" by Madness in Chinese... at leastthe chorus

[HELEN866212]

It explains as: "Our home is in Taiwan" but the preposition "in" is missing. It has only the verb. Can anyone explain what i do wrong?

[GregoryDon7]

Among the seven translations of zai4 that I have made note of so far there is "is" and "in" and even "is located." In the cases of "is" and "is located" the word "in" seems to be implied or added for sense even though there is no translation of zai4 given as "is in."
Click on the lightbulb for this section, that lesson will illuminate the issue a little.

[Toni212951]

I hope that they do not say that Taiwan belongs to chine

[BobMason2]

Wow I don't know but eas really hard to understand it

[djschoene]

But My home is in Taiwan is still kinda the same thing,right?

[Tommy556270]

「我」is my. You need to use Our for「我們, slightly different」

[Vnucko7]

Why is "Our home is located in Taiwan." wrong?

[AbaddonWan]

your answer is also correct, but it's better to use a simplified way.

[AwesomeAMs]

Another correct answer is “Our house is in Taiwan.” I missed a question because of this. I want duo to consider this response, too.

[HerbalTeeth]

I think this is the perfect sentence to ask this. Why is 我们的家在台湾. read as "我们的家, 在台湾。?" Is this how a native would say it or would they just burn a clip through it.

[AuxYo]

Why is (our home is taiwan) not work?

[GregoryDon7]

的 sounds like it is being pronounced ne.

[KinsKins06_]

Could you do "My family lives in Taiwan"?

[Kerrysan]

Why does "our home is Taiwan" not get accepted?

[Mikey200881]

Put*s, solo por una palabara

[Nuu644122]

DL should accept "Our home is on Taiwan" as in any other island, the majority of other countries do not recognize Taiwan, and to further complicate matters, Taiwan itself is only beginning to move away from it's "One China" policy and their claim on the Mainland

[vvHills10]

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