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"上午八点四十五分。"
Translation:8:45 in the morning.
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I think it is just specifying A time, not saying that that is the current time, so Duo doesn't like your "It is" before the time expression. I also think you might need a space before the "am" to separate it from the 8:45.
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Maybe you need a space between the 45 and the am... It accepted my answer of 8:45 am.
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2020.6.9 I may be wrong, but doesn't this 上午 because it's in front of clock time, actually means A.M.
下午 before clock time means P.M.?
So technically this should be "It's 8:45 A.M."
It is not a complete sentence, but a phrase. So it could be better to use that one.
The sentence is not correct if 'it is' is not used. The correct sentence in English is: It is 8:45 in the morning. The English sentence given by Duolingo is wrong.
There absolutely is. "8:45 in the morning" means it has to be 8:45 AM, and vice versa.
You are right, it sounds exactly like xiawu, which was also offered by the wordbank. THIS IS REALLY MOST MISLEADING!
Yes, I agree the pronunciation isn't very clear.
Not to be picky but Side note: "hear" is the proper use of the word.
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The male speaker has an accent that comes out in some of the recordings. He used a nasal vowel instead of pronouncing -ng. Report it.
x and sh do sound different, but it's subtle.
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The former is for early morning, the latter is for late morning. I forget the approximate cutoff, but I think I learned it's usually like 10. Either way, it's not a hard distinction.
They are pretty much the same. 早上 is just more of "morning," while 上午 is before noon. There really is no difference, it's just used in different contexts.
I was taught 早上 is usually used between 6am and 9am, 上午 between 9am and 12 noon!
It doesn't accept the written out version of 8:45.... I wrote "eight forty-five in the morning" and it was wrong...
I did the same - you should give instructions about whether it's acceptable to use numbers/letters
That is not really how it is said in English, although the meaning is clear enough.
That is exactly what I typed and got it wrong! I know they are very particular about the time but I'm not understanding why this phrase is not acceptable
The time using 24 hour clock i.e. 08:45 should be sufficient IMO.
I've reported it but they haven't accepted it.
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"It is 8:45 in the morning." Is it WRONG only by adding "it is"??? Your translation cannot be considered as a "sentence".
Yes, the Chinese is also not a "complete" sentence.
现在是八点四十五分. = "It is (now) 8:45 in the morning".
Duo gets confused with numbers quite often as it assumes you've made a typo - lol!
IMO the two sentences are different.
The following may help: Q: "When do you get up?" A: "8:45 in the morning" -
The following wouldn't be correct English: Q: "When do you get up?" A: "It is 8:45 in the morning"
"eight forty-five in the morning" ---- not excepted... My frustration level
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It happened several times. I answered exactly the same as your correct solution but rejected. I don't know why. If previously I answered using Microsoft Pin Yin, this time I answered using Windows keyboard.
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In English (my English and every other native English I've seen/heard) we only use "o'clock" after whole hours such as 8, not hours and minutes or hours and fractions.
They checked the punctuation, which I don't even know if it's even correct cuz I'm bad at punctuation and grammer. LOL
this is getting on my nerves 8 hours 45 minutes in the morning = wrong 8:45 in the morning. = correct
In English "8 hours 45 minutes" is how you specify the duration of a period of time, not how you specify the actual time.
You used the wrong word. I said it is 8:45 in the morning. Why is this wrong
