"这个地方真漂亮啊！"
Translation:This place is really beautiful!
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It conveys an expression e.g. excitement and enthusiasm generally; the sentence is fine without it here.
The 啊 is like the "My" or "Wow", when you say "My, this place is really beautiful!" or "Wow, this place is really beautiful!"
Following Fiyalka2's advice, I translated it, "Wow, this place is really beautiful!"
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I've always thought of 漂亮 as "pretty", and 美 or 美丽 as "beautiful". Can a native speaker comment on the likelihood of 美 or 美丽 being used instead of 漂亮 for this sentence?
("Pretty" should be accepted for the English, by the way.)
I am Chinese,generally we say: “这个地方真漂亮啊！” or “这个地方真美啊！”
“漂亮” and “美” are both common in a conversation.
“美丽” can also be used,but it's not natural for this sentence,it's only used in some formal context.
For example: “一位美丽的女士” (A beautiful lady) “我们美丽的祖国母亲” (Our beautiful motherland)
漂亮 is more casual while 美丽 is more formal, and the degree of 美 is between the two. 美丽 is often seen in literature works but rarely used in oral conversations.
I think both 漂亮 and 美/美丽 are fine here.
But in an everyday conversation, 美 or 美丽 sounds too formal. I personally would choose 漂亮, if it is the first time I visit the Yellow Stone park.
For me they are interchangeable in some place.
Well, if you say a person, 美麗 sounds more elegant. If say the scenery, both are fine. But, 美麗 is much more beautiful, like wonderful, gorgeous, marvelous anyway. 美 is more oral speaking.
"This is a beautiful place!" /"This is a really beautiful place!" should be accepted!
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There's a difference in saying "This is... " versus "This place is..." and Chinese makes the same distinction as in English (这是 versus 这个地方). I believe the Chinese for "This is a really beautiful place" is 这是一个很漂亮的地方.
I answered, "How truly beautiful this place is!" What is wrong with that?