"我这段时间很忙。"

Translation: I am busy these days.

[zest16]

What is the function of 段 here?

[Keith_APP]

Literally This "strip" of time. A classifier as said by @NasuSamaruk0.

It can also be used in a few other useful ways:
Text 一段文字 （and hence lyrics 一段歌词).
Music 一段音乐

[NasuSamaruk0]

段 is identified as the classifier to measure time for this sentence. It can also be used for length-related, such as cables and roadways.

[grippygecko]

I thought long thin things like roads use 条.

[JuswaaJosh]

To measure the road probably

[laszlo914063]

One meaning of "duan" is "section". So, you could translate the sentence as "I am busy in this time section/period."

[LavenderYa1]

its like a numeral unit (like a cup of water) it means a period of time here

[George792719]

I think it more accurately says "it is a busy time for me" in English, or "these times are busy for me".

There is nothing in the Chinese sentence concerning "days".

[PeaceJoyPancakes]

"This is a busy time for me" is a good option.

[TiffanyTu1]

Nothing in this sentence explicitly implies "days." 段 could refer to any duration of time and relies on context. No native Chinese speaker says "这段时间" and means being busy these days off handedly. In fact, this seems like a response to a very specific question in which the question could have been "when are you busy today?"

[KX3.]

That's true, these days can also be 这几天、最近, depending on context. This is a rather vague statement.

[CraigSkeel]

"I am so busy these days." I put this as I selected word blocks, with a hint of "very" for one of the words. I think my answer should have been accepted - enough that I am reporting as such.

[Luoling97]

I agree there seems to be want of a word such as very or pretty to go with busy. It doesn't line up so well with the Chinese translation without it, and it sounds a little clunky in English. I've been quite busy these days, or I've been very busy recently seems more natural and more accurate of a translation

[KX3.]

Yes, but ’quite‘ is 蛮、挺 (which are colloquial).

[Burento]

And now I know why Chinese speakers constantly say "these days" when speaking English.

[duckmaestro]

Is there any difference in meaning between
"我这段时间很忙。”
and
"我最近很忙。"
?

[john27rg]

I would say the former implies that you continue to be busy and foresee that you will continue to be - whereas the latter has more of the sense of "I've been very busy recently."
They are very close in meaning.

[SteveG1007]

I am a Taiwanese, half of these lessons/answers are too ambiguous.

[LuizGomesBR]

I wrote: "I am busy these times" , could it be accepted?

[James550591]

我这段时间很忙...ought to be "I am busy during this period" or " I am busy during this time"

I am busy these days .. 这些天我很忙
I am busy these few days ...这几天我很忙

[MsAWhit]

Seems like "I have been busy these days" would be better, no?

[Jane289190]

I think "I have been busy these days" should be acceptable response!

[wbeeman]

The translation on Duo is wrong. "duan" means a period of time. So the correct translation should be something like "I'm busy for a while" the translation "these days" is completely off the wall, and unpredictable from the Chinese text.

[888Bruce888]

In addition to all of the above complaints about this sentence, the audio for the character " zai " ( 在, 再, etc.) is installed over 段 instead of "duan" making this one even more annoying. (ง •̀_•́)ง