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"这些鱼非常贵。"
Translation:These fish are very expensive.
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Not always really. really expensive 真貴 is not always very expensive, for example. 50 is really expensive but you can think 70 is very expensive. 非常 literally means unusual.
According to Google Translate, one of the definitions of "really" is "very".
EDIT: Decided to add an entry from the Merriam-Webster dictionary because Google Translate is not the best source. The bottom line: Both "really" and "very" are correct.
Fish is one of those strange words in English where you don't change the word whether there's 1 of them or 100.
https://www.theenglishspace.com/grammar/nouns/irregular-plural-list.html
Yes, you can. "These fish" is perfectly correct grammatically. "This fish" is not correct for this sentence (although it is grammatical).
That's because of 些 which indicates that there is more than just one fish.
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"Fish" can be singular or plural.
"Fishes" means, specifically, more than one type of fish. It is also unusual in everyday speech.
E.g. "There are many fish in that school." (There are many of the same kind of fish)
"There are many fishes in that aquarium." (There are many kinds of fish on display)
Joy to the world, To all the boys and girls Joy to the FISHES in the deep blue sea, Joy to you and me!
Could 非常 be translated as extraordinarily? I saw that 非 can be a morpheme equivalent to "not" in some words and 常 could be common. So 非常 = not commom (not ordinary) or extraordinary.
非常 and 很 are the same, to my knowledge. There may be some nuance to native speakers where 非常 may have a bit more impact, but no teacher has ever pointed that out to me
What do people think about the interchangeability between "so" and "very"? In English and in this context, they mean the same thing. Duolingo flagged my answer using "so."
Impossible to use word bank as "sound waves" over words prevent their use. Could this please be addressed.
i thought it was these fish are pretty much money but it was These fish are very expensive
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I answered "these fish are too expensive". I got wrong because of "too". Shouldn't it be accepted?
The translation depends on whether the speaker is referring to fish that are alive or dead.
Fish as food does not have a plural. Translation should be "This fish is very expensive" even if referring to more than one fish. It's like saying "This meat is very expensive" even if the meat comes from more than one animal.
It the speaker is referring to fish at a pet store for example, then it would be "These fish are very expensive".
"Fishes" is not used
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很贵 is "very expensive". 非常贵 is MORE than just "very expensive". I wrote, "These fish are extremely expensive," and failed to get a passing grade.
In English there is no difference between this fish and these fish because the plural of fish is the same as the singular. So theu should accept 'this fish' as well
"This fish" is singular. "These fish" is plural. "这些鱼" is plural. "这条鱼" is singular.
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"Fish" is a collective noun. It can be seen as singular or plural. So "this fish" and "these fish" both work in this sentence.
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Fish is typically non countable in English. So, These fish are very expensive would be the natural way to say it.
fishes is rarely said. I've only seen it written for scientific purposes.
It's similar to People vs Peoples. You would say: there are lots of people in the room BUT: what peoples inhabited Asia through history? (different groups, races, ethnicities).
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"Fish" can be singular or plural.
"Fishes" means, specifically, more than one type of fish. It is also unusual in everyday speech.
E.g. "There are many fish in that school." (There are many of the same kind of fish)
"There are many fishes in that aquarium." (There are many kinds of fish on display)
