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"我们不认识路。"
Translation:We don't know the way.
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I don't think this is at all a reference to that meme. Correct me, duolingo staff, if I am wrong.
nah but it's a big coincidence lol
believe this course came out... march 2017? a short distance behind ugandan knuckles' genesis
why use 认识 instead of 知道 here? would it be nonsensical or have a different meaning to say "我们不知道路“？
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It seems to be similar to the difference between "conocer" and "saber" in Spanish, if that helps.
對啊，但是你也能說兩個。Although it makes more sense in german to say "Ich kenne den Weg", you can also say "Ich weiß den Weg" but that is way more informal and is not considered correct in official writings.
But doesn't "Ich weiß den Weg" mean that you know the way from seeing it somewhere in a map or book, while "Ich kenne den Weg" would mean that you know it because you're familiar to it, like you've already been there?
认识 feels like knowing as in familiarity, recognising. 知道 feels like it is for knowing as in facts and how-to's. I may not 认识 the way, but I 知道 how to find it.
I thought 认识 is only used for “knowing someone／a person”。So this confused me。
As in Spanish, there are differences between 'Saber'(知道) and 'Conocer' (认识）which in English there is only one word (know) to those words in Chinese and Spanish. Saber(知道) = knowing about a topic, something, a situation. Conocer(认识) = knowing about someone, a place, location. Ex: 1- ¿Sabes preparar arroz? / 你知道怎么做米饭吗? = Do you know how to make rice? 1.- ¿Conoces a su familia? / 你认识他们的家人吗? = Do you know their family? You just have to know how to differentiate those words with practice. It simply depends on the context
Not in Spanish？I will explain it in Bahasa。认识 = “mengenal” is used when we know someone；知道 = “tahu” is used when we know something。：D
As in Spanish, there are differences between 'Saber'(知道) and 'Conocer' (认识）which in English there is only one word (know) to those words in Chinese and Spanish. Saber(知道) = knowing about a topic, something, a situation. Conocer(认识) = knowing about someone, a place, location. Ex: 1- ¿Sabes preparar arroz? / 你知道怎么做米饭吗? = Do you know how to make rice? 1.- ¿Conoces a su familia? / 你认识他们的家人吗? = Do you know their family? You just have to know how to differentiate those words with practice. It simply depends on the context
after all the practice so far I feel a little bit more confident. Lets see how long I can keep is up
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My answer: We do not recognize the road. Why is it wrong? Correct solution: We don't know the way.
In a vacuum, that literal translation is correct. But in context, the english phrase makes sense to say "the way" rather than "the road".
Same here. In my previous studies 路 is more often used as road and 道 is more commonly used to mean way. But they can be inferred.
Well technically it's PRoC simplified dialect of Mandarin (which is based off the Beijing dialect) and since there's a lot of languages in China which aren't mutually intelligible it's not correct to call it Chinese and should instead be called Mandarin. However, the course is titled Chinese so you're really stupid or just being a troll.
