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"She is a teacher."
Translation:她是一个老师。
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It emphasizes "a", I suppose. Although they can both translate to "She is a teacher" here. Similar questions in the reverse tree currently cite 他是老师 as the given answer.
It is a general 量词（quantifier, measure word）meaning a or an, but it is generally better to use more specific quantifiers, e.g. 一把尺（a ruler）、一间房子（a house）、一位老师（a teacher）.
Two points to note:
1. Chinese makes a lot more use of measure words compared to English, where one would usually just use a/an.
- Using 一个 may be technically correct, but it sounds less polite when it comes to a person, e.g. 一个医生 vs 一名医生 or maybe just shows a better command of the language when you use a more specific quantifier. :)
It is a classifier for the noun in question, 老师. Since teachers are, well... humans, the classifier for humans, 个 is used. Then, a number is used with it. In this case, 一 (1). In this case, it emphasises the "singularity" or the teacher. She is a teacher, not teachers, although the singular pronoun implies this already.
There are so many sentences where there's no need to add the
一个 in them . Ealier there have been translations like ,
她 是 老师
Then why the need to add that here. When Singular subject means its one entity ..
Because it is still used and apart of the language so learners need to be introduced to it at some point.
Languages (in most cases) aren't a designed and logical thing. Just like us and how we evolved to have vestigial organs, languages have things that aren't really necessary but still exist.
Ah yes, this is that part of a game where you have to inevitably die (in this case lose a heart).
一名 might be better instead of 一个. Usually 一位 (yī wèi) or 一名 is used in front of a person. 一个 is more general, and may sound impolite. 量词 (classifier) might be covered in future lessons (?)
If I remember correctly and if the course hasn't been changed since then, they touch a little on it, but it's scattered all over the place.
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她是老师 should be accepted since: 1) is a correct translation 2) "一个" (yige) has not been taught yet
Ah yes, the part where something gets thrown into the mix at the end of the round that was never introduced before!
This is one of the downside in using duolingo for me, sometimes they just throw out things out of nowhere without explanation
like why they decided to add "一個" now, i know it's to emphasize on "a", but the way and the timing they delivered this sentence will confuse a lot of people. there is no consistency
Because here yi is the number, and ge must be added to means that it demonstrates "a human" that is smth
一个is used inorder tk tell tht there is one person yi means 1 and ge is a meadure word
