"She is a bit short."
Translation:她有点儿矮。
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If you omitted 有 it shouldn't have been accepted. If you wrote “…有一点儿…” and it still wasn't accepted, then go ahead and report it.
有一点儿+adjective (and it has a complaining/negative sound)
一点儿+noun
verb+一下
adverb+一点儿 (Used for certain adverbs. It makes the adverb a comparative [-er] and often makes it a command.)
That one is (yi dian er) "a little bit" meaning not much, and the one we are learning now has more of a "bit too much" meaning. So "he was a little off", vs "he was a bit(too)short". Sounds similar, but different meanings. I'm not sure if they are interchangable, but the difference is clear.
Is saying "她有点矮" wrong? I thought "有点儿" was a Beijing accent thing?
I am fairly sure it's always written as "有点儿" but only pronounced so strongly in the Beijing accent (elsewhere, it's just dian where the n merges into the r, from what I've heard)
I wrote "他有点矮" and I got it right, but duolingo says that I missed a space between 点 and 矮. That must be wrong, right?
same for me, looks like the correct answer in the database has an extra space.
Should 她有一點兒矮 also be acceptable? It's currently marked as wrong right now. Words are in traditional characters, but only difference is the 一
I'm using the type in your own sentence versus the word bank
Word Bank error - the audio is wrong when selecting 短 duǎn - for short. The robotic voice say 'ai' - maybe it's an Artificial Intelligence 'Scotty' from Star Trek, "Aye Cap'n, I'll take her to warp drive!"
The structure is 有一点儿+adjective. The 一 and/or the 儿 can be left out without changing the meaning. It means that the subject is "a little" of this adjective. It's used for negative things/complaints.