"机场在城市的北边。"
Translation:The airport is located on the city's north side.
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I know this is only the beta phase (and pretty good so far), but some of the answers are so inconsistent!
The DL translation given for 我的家在公园的南边 is "My home is to the south of the park", but if you use the exact same sentence structure to translate 机场在城市的北边 (ie: the airport is to the north of the city), DL marks it as wrong and gives a translation that has a different structure!
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There's a slight difference in meaning. "north of the city" means that the airport is outside the city, whereas "north side of the city" means that the airport is still within the city itself. I'm not sure which of these translations best fits "在市場的北邊“ - I think it means the airport is in the city?
It should be, as should be " the airport is on the north side of the city" . But Duolingo is very inflexible, and mistakes in English, which are more common than mistakes in Chinese, are not often corrected. They take away your hearts, but you can can get heart transplants by completing practice. And it's free.
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"The airport is in the north of the city." I think I never use expressions like "north side" except for particular things or places that include that in the name like Vancouver's Downtown Eastside or the musical West Side Story. Otherwise "side" sounds like a box or something.
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The city's airport is in the north side.
Ask a human "Where's the airport?" human response "It's on the north side. Near...."
Asking a robot [or customer service]: "beep boop The air port is located on the city's north side."
Both answers should be accepted. ;)
SOME WORDS THAT WE LEARNED BEFORE AND ARE BARELY LINKED TO THIS EXERCISE:
飞 = to fly
机 = machine/engine/aircraft
飞机 (fēijī) = airplane
机 (jī) = machine/engine/aircraft
场 (chǎng) = large place used for specific purpose
机场 (jīchǎng) = airport
照 (zhào) = to take (a photo)/photo
相 (xiàng) = picture
机 (jī) = machine
照相机 (zhào xiàng jī) = camera
城 (chéng) = city walls/city/town
市 (shì) = market/city
城市 (chéngshì) = city/town
超 (chāo) = to exceed/super-
市 (shì) = market/city
超市 (chāoshì) = supermarket