"She went to sleep at 9:45 last night."

Translation: 她昨天晚上九点三刻睡觉。

[bpodgursky]

Why not 她昨天晚上十点差一刻睡觉?

[zanababa]

This should be accepted

[RichardSun0]

why not 昨天晚上她

[Louise_sonne]

I think it's misleading that the pinyin of 睡觉 is shui jue

[HeavenBender]

It's actually shuì jiào.

[Marin470782]

why is it incorrect to put the time (9:45 last night) before 她? And why when I do that does DL say that I 'missed a word'?

[marchionesselle]

Is 昨晚 the same as 昨天晚上?

[Keith_APP]

They are the same, but verbally 昨天晚上 is more common. 昨晚 would sound like written or like a news reporter.

[laszabine]

Why not 昨天晚上九点三刻她睡觉。?

[SPlingogo]

I also put that and will report it.

[HeavenBender]

There are two places where we can place modifiers in an English sentence: before the subject or after the verb.

However, in Chinese, the modifier is almost always placed in between the subject and the verb. Yes, I know this sounds strange, but that's just one of the crazy things about the Chinese language that learners need to get used to.

EDIT: It's also fine to place the modifier before the subject in Chinese. Just remember not to place it after the verb.

[TaylorLSho]

I answered 她昨天晚上九点四五分睡觉。and was marked wrong. I know this module is pushing us to use 三刻 to indicate "45 minutes", but isn't 四五分 just as valid?

[monsieuradams]

45 is 四十五, not 四五. I'm not sure if it would accept 四十五分, but that'll be why it didn't accept your answer

[LearnHowToHack]

they don't accept that answer I just tired it

[Omayra-123]

Putting the time before 'ta' was accepted on March 8 2020

[1MOiipQU]

Is the charcter for 3 there because it's 3/4 hour?

[zanababa]

Yeah.
三刻 means 3 times a quarter so 45 minutes

[alexhuwanhui]

I dont understand why 他昨天晚上差一刻十点睡觉 is wrong?

[HeavenBender]

他 - he

她 - she