"王老师住在伦敦哪儿？"
Translation:Where in London does Teacher Wang live?
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Same with "Teacher Wang lives where in London?" It would really help me if we could write our English answers more gramatically like Chinese. Such as "... lives in London where?" Because having to read it first in Chinese while translating mentally, and then rearranging it into proper English grammar is only hampering my ability to think in Chinese without pauses and breaks.
still a problem over a year later. Come on. obvs reporting it isn't fixing it, a mod has to get on this. I'm from England and this is the natural way I'd say it.
Duolingo is great; there are no other apps that are free and compare to duolingo's teachings. If you don't like how it's teaching you, nobody's forcing you to stay.
Yeah I had this same problem, they should really fix this stuff. I mean, its been 10 months so you would think they would have fixed it by then right?
Agreed. This is an acceptable and common alternative in daily conversation.
Where does Mr. Wang live in London?
This should also be an acceptable answer.
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先生 is also used as "teacher" in Cantonese so it may be a cause of confusion for some learners.
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They are different, but in the US we don't use "teacher" as a title. The literal translation is natural in Chinese and unnatural in English.
If 老师 also means professor, that would work. However, teachers are only called professors when they teach at the college/university level.
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I agree with the word order. That's what got me too. They'll make it so that word order is accepted too. But, "先生" is Mr. and "老師" is teacher. That's what did it for you.
you can say mr./mrs. But duolingo thinks differently it thinks that 老师 only means teacher
Where in London does Teacher Wang live? is the same as Where in London lives Teacher Wang?
How to you distinguish these two phrases in Chinese.
Where in London does teacher Wang live?
And
Does teacher Wang live in London?
I thought the answer was the second question.
Hi the difference between where in London does teacher wang live and does teacher wang live in London is that 哪儿 means where so if you said does teacher wang live in London it would have 吗 instead of 哪儿
"Where in London does PROFESSOR Wang live" should also be accepted. You almost never say "Teacher Whatever" it's just awkward. It's either Professor or Mr/Ms in grade school. Or be consistent about only accepting "teacher" for all questions involving 老师
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"Wong" should also be accepted instead of "Wang"
People from Hong Kong and Macau use "Wong" instead of "Wang"
where in london is teacher wang living
could someone please explain to me why this is wrong?
My sentence : Where does teacher wang live in London? Correction : Where does Teacher Wong live in London?
Could you check that out guys? thanks in advance :)
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I have correctly given Chinese words as per the solution still answer is not accepted why?
'Where in london does teacher wang live in' should be accepted because they can't just have one answer
"Where is Teacher Wang's home in London?" was not accepted either. C'mon people!
There's no Jia in there. At this point in learning there is a distinction between Jia and Zhu.
Because I want to go to his house. Why is this question even asked? Lol
I always answer "where in london does teacher wang (lives)" instead of live, is that accepted?
I wonder if
'Teacher Wang, lives in which part of London?'
Should be accepted... hmm
How would you write a foreign word that can't be translated into Mandarin? like the one here, london
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It's more of a transliteration or transcription of London than a "translation." 伦敦 is simply used to mimic the sound (lun dun) of "London" since it's rather difficult to translate a proper name in either direction (think: Beijing - and not Northern Capital, Shanghai - and not Above Sea, Hong Kong - and not Fragrant Harbour, etc...)
I see you're also learning Japanese - that language uses katakana for example to mimic the sound of foreign "untranslatable" words but Chinese doesn't have a separate set of characters for that kind of a job so it has to make do with "kanji" to represent the closest sound.
When it comes to words that "can't be translated" in any given language then about the only thing you can do is to adopt and incorporate the foreign word itself (loan words) or you create a new domestic equivalent.
What? You guys also make a mistake , well I am a kid And I also make a mistake. MISTAKES EVERY WHER.MITAKES!!!!!
Where in London does Teacher Wang "lives"? (should also be accepted)
(Because singular noun takes plural verb.) as in: ex: Teacher Wang lives in London.
He lives in London.
Is anyone else getting an error that brings them here but its a different question? The question I have is the audio and it asks you to write 王老师住在伦敦哪儿？in Chinese. It comes up "Correct!" but the banner is in red and gives the English meaning of the sentance but the word bank for the question is in Chinese.
Should avoid giving direct translation. Instead give the real meaning of it. Please provide wide range of acceptable answer instead of only direct translation. Thank you. Ur apps is great
Well i'm not quite sure...but i think that my answer is correct too...will you please let me know? Thanks
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Where is Teacher Wang's home in London? This is also a correct answer I guess, the app still giving me a mistake if I didn't make it exactly what he want
