"My girlfriend can read a little bit of Chinese."

Translation: 我的女朋友会读一点儿中文。

[rimoll]

Is 'wo nu peng you...' not enough, do we really need 'wo de... '?

[MaiLaoshi]

No, wo nv pengyou is fine

[nekoorishin]

It's ok when talking but better write it out when learning

[OsoGegenHest]

It's optional.

[nekoorishin]

It's ok when talking but better write it out when learning

[MaiLaoshi]

You're right. It's fine without the de in this case

[nekoorishin]

It's ok when talking but better write it out when learning

[ushwald]

so when exactly do we use 汉语 as opposed to 中文?

[deactivated user]

Irl they're most interchangeable afaik, but I think 中文 is more often used for written language.

[orgat]

中文 is more about the literature and the written language.
汉语 - language of the Han people, Chinese.
But in many cases you can use both.

[MaiLaoshi]

我女朋友 is fine

[stephen_zissou]

Is 我的女朋友会读一点汉语 okay? I was marked wrong for that.

[Rk5I3]

I think it should be.

[JGduolingoer]

Maybe because you missed 儿.

[O0o.range]

I added 字 in the end, and it turns out to be wrong.

[ScottSumne2]

Same, I'm not sure why. It should be right. But maybe I'm ignorant of something here.

[purplelotus88]

what's the difference between '看书‘ and '读‘？

[NathanRasm]

看书 is literally 'look book'. It does not take an object (书 is a built-in object) and it puts the focus on what you are doing with your eyes.
读 does take an object. It also has a stronger connotation of pronunciation.

[je_suis_therese]

Can I put the 'Zhong wen' before the verb?

[ErikGunder]

if you have a close relationship 的is not needed and actually sounds weird

[maartendoc]

读 (dú) = to read/to study
看 (kàn) = to see/to look at/to read