"学校在我们的家的后面。"
Translation:The school is behind our home.
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"The school is behind our house." was marked correct for me. [11 DEC 2017]
Yeah, I did on purpose to test it and it does, but it definitely should be another option. In Chinese it is practically the same meaning. Especially in this sentence.
"The school is behind our house." was marked correct for me. [11 DEC 2017]
Because it is grammatically incorrect. While speaking Americans often blend the word "is" into the preceeding one. However, when written it should be "school is." The use of "school's" implies something is owned by the school.
Samw problem with ne. "House" is more correct that "home" here. It allows either term interchangeably in other cases.
面 originally means face, and by association, side, so 后面 just means back+side=behind. Nowadays 面 is also used as the simplified form of 麵, which means flour/noodles. With Chinese writing, especially modern/simplified Chinese, you'll have to get used to many characters having multiple meanings.
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Haha, yes, simplified Chinese has amplified cognitive complixity! Funny side effect. 麵 means precisely "wheat product made from fermentation"+ "a word sounding Mian 面". They are not necessarily noodles, but include bread because it is also wheat product by fermentation. More specificly, bread is called 麺麭 in Chinese.
In the audio there are some unpronounced characters 的家 and 在 is pronounced as fe ?? I am no expert but I can clearly hear something is wrong here.
The school is at the back of our house... Why cant it be considered? Its exactly the same idea, its just the choice of words..
I first learnt jia as family, is it wrong to say the school is behind our family?
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家 is primarily house. 家人 is a man or people of house, so "family". Same relationship is found also in English. "The House of Windsor" is the family of the current British monarch, not mere a building to dwell.
