"比较年轻的是我的老师。"

Translation: The younger one is my teacher.

[SzymonRuci]

what

[jamtintraders]

if you think that's a little odd, read the accompanying course notes! ;)

[samertabbal]

This sentence is confusing, feels like it's missing something.

[WillowsofXihu]

A 的 phrase can stand in for a noun in Chinese. Or rather, the noun for said phrase can be omitted (in this case: 人/老师), especially if it appears twice in the sentence, similar to how we use "the one(s)" in English.

[hippietrail]

In English "one" is optional in comparative sentences like this. But if it's included it can never be written as the numeral "1" as Duolingo suggested to me.

[Andrea22756989]

Should not "The quite young one is my teacher" be accepted?

[bramian]

比较 means compared to average. It usually gets translated as an -er suffix, or the adverb "relatively".

[valeamaris]

this sentence is so confusing to translate bc the english comes out as a fragment oof

[adlin268566]

Sounds like yoda

[Juan49481]

'The younger one' = 'is younger than the others'

[Juan49481]

Younger = younger than [unnamed others]

[Juan49481]

A rather strange way of saying relatively anything