"他今天戴了帽子。"
Translation:He is wearing a hat today.
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Why is it not "he wore a hat today"? I thought 了 meant the action already occured.
It's actually for a completed action, not for past ones. 戴 is to out on and the action was complete today, but the hat remained on his head.
Perhaps better English translation then is "He put on a hat today." ?
What completed action ?!
It's a hat that he's wearing today....
..... Still wearing it
I still don't understand 了 when it's used in the present. I don't know when and how to use it . This sentence seems to me meaningless and meaningful to the same extent, both with and without 了。
戴 is mostly used when referring to an accessory : 帽子， 眼镜 (glasses), any jewelry, 手表 (watch), 手套 (gloves)，eventually 围巾(scarf)... 穿 is used with clothes and shoes
To refine this explanation a bit, 戴 refers to objects that are generally set onto the body, whereas 穿 refers to the act of passing one object (your arm, for instance) through another (a shirt sleeve).
"He has a hat on today". Is that OK to say? I'm asking native English speakers.
'he was wearing a hat today' should also be accepted as far as I can see
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"To bring" would be 带 (or 帶 in traditional Chinese), which has the same pronunciation as 戴.
Sorry, phone was bugging out not showing my replies so I practically triple posted haha.
他 refers to "he" 她 refers to "she" 它 refers to the subject "it" It is not a gender word when spoken because context however when written, it makes a difference. So it should not be optional.
Strictly speaking, 他 means he, she, and it. It's not a gendered word. Recently 她 has been created as a word for “she”, 它 for “it”, etc., to make it more like English, but this should be optional.
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No, 他 does not mean "it", unless you're using figurative language （修辞手法）.
This brings to mind the fact that there are other rare ones as well, such as 祂 which refers to a divine person.
In "classical" Chinese （文言文）, there are other forms of referring to a third person, such as 彼、其、伊 although strictly speaking, there are no such terms, so that one would say 此人 （这个人） instead.
Meanings of tā in pinyin are different in 汉字 (Hànzì).
他 (tā) he him. 她 (tā) she her. 它 (tā) it.