"I bought a new phone."
Translation:我买了一个新手机。
November 24, 2017
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I tried saying this without the 一个, and it was marked wrong. I am a bit confused as to when it is necessary to say 一个 (or whatever other counting word is used) in front of something. My understanding was that it was okay to omit this in Chinese if the context makes clear (like it would here) that you're probably talking about a single object...but am I wrong, and it's actually required here?
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one (thing). Although they really should be using a more specific measure word than ge4, some of the commentors above were bandying about some alternatives.