"Living here is comfortable."

Translation: 住在这里很舒服。

[Phrage]

Why is hen needed here?

[Alex330973]

I think Duolinguo may be wrong by requiring it.

According to a native Chinese speaker I know, it means "very". So in theory, it should not be needed.

[valeamaris]

would "zai zheli shen(g?) hen shufu" technically still b gramatically correct

[valeamaris]

i learned chinese from a native speaker & this was an accepted approach to sentence structure iirc (its been about 1yr since i last practiced)

[NasuSamaruk0]

I assume you mean 在這裡生/在这里生. Yes, that is also known to the speakers.

However, you can keep it simple by saying the given translation as the focus here is to indicate the location when speaking with the native speakers.

[samo1390]

Yeah. The suggested answer is more like direct translation.

[RobinThor]

I wrote 住在在这里很舒服. 住在 means live, 在这里means here. Where am I wrong?

[PonyFreckles]

'Here' is 这里. Literally translated, 在这里 is more like '[at] here', we just don't use the 'at' in English. Similarly, 住在 isn't just 'live', but 'live at/in'.

So, 住在这里 is 'live [at] here', which is the correct way to phrase it in Chinese, but 住在在这里 is 'live [at at] here'. The duplication of 在 isn't needed.

[DonnieKing2]

没有"很"啊(⊙o⊙)

[xialuote1]

What about (在)这里住很舒服?

[maartendoc]

舒 (shū) = to stretch/to relax/leisurely
服 (fú) = clothes/to serve
舒服 (shūfu) = comfortable/feeling well