"昨天晚上他很晚睡觉。"
Translation:He went to sleep late last night.
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"He slept late last night" literally makes no sense in English. When you "sleep late" it means you get up later than usual. In English we would say he "went to sleep late" or more commonly, "went to bed late", because usually we are talking not about the hour someone actually fell asleep, but about the hour he went to bed.
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In English "He slept late last night" sounds like somebody working the night shift usually sleeps in the day and gets up at night, but this night overslept. Definitely what the Chinese was trying to convey.
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If the correct translation is "He slept late last night," which is a weird thing to say, "last night he slept late" should also be an acceptable translation.
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My guess is that might work in Indian English but not elsewhere (guessing based on how in India they say things like "today morning" instead of "this morning").
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i dont know whether "he fell asleep late" would be used in american english but that is what id say and i'd certainly never say "he slept late" to me that would mean he slept in, or that late last night he was already asleep
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This should really be "went to bed" rather than "went to sleep". Because we're not normally aware of when somebody or even ourselves actually fall asleep, which could be anywhere from the moment we get in bed to a couple of hours later.
"Went to sleep" is used for babies however.
Going to bed and going to sleep are distinct in English but I understand 睡觉 covers both.
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For those asking, 'yesterday night' is not common in American English - and since Duolingo is developed in America, I think that it usually follows American English norms (although, I suppose much of that depends on the volunteers who develop each language, as it seems like a number of the English translations in the Chinese course are not standard American). You can say 'yesterday evening' or 'last night'. Not sure about the usage of 'yesterday night' in the UK, Australia or other English speaking nations.
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How would you say: "He slept very late yesterday night"? My answer was rejected...
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“yesterday night" and "last night" are pretty much the same in English. Why is "yesterday night" wrong? by the way, i was going to respond "last night" but given that the exercise had 昨天 i decided to play safe with "yesterday". Why is it wrong?