"我的女儿觉得不太舒服。"
Translation:My daughter is not feeling so well.
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Jerry, I agree. Is 觉得 used to provide more practice? It does seem there’s some nuance-related situation where one would want to use the 觉得 but I can’t define it; I don’t know Chinese that well.
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Why not: my daughter isn’t feeling very comfortable. Or: my daughter is feeling very uncomfortable.
Bu tai (not too) is more of a diminution of the statement, and would not mean very (extremely). Shufu strictly speaking refers to comfort, but the expected meaning in this context would refer to health (feeling well). In a particular situation, of course, her lack of felt comfort may be the best way to translate this (We didn’t realize that this movie would contain sexually suggestive images, so we are walking out because my daughter is bushufu.)
I think it should be 感觉, not 觉得. 觉得 concerns more with a thought and opinion. 感觉 is more related to more physical feelings.
I thought 太 had to be paired with 了 surrounding the adjective? Such that this would be 太舒服了?
I don't know how to explain the difference clearly, but this is my take: in short, simple sentences where the tone is often some sort of exclamation, 太 usually needs the 了 afterwards. In longer, more grammatically complex sentences where the tone is often not exclamation, but a less emotional observation, the 了does not really fit.
太 has the meaning of "too" on its own, when 了 is added to exclamations it just reinforces this making them even stronger
Not spoken this in everyday speech. Perhaps in a movie or play to demonstrate the speaker’s hesitation, perhaps to cover a lie (I just shot her, but I don’t want you to know that, because that means I’m the only one who can protect the gold we found.....)
Are you a native English speaker? Because the sentence you are replying to makes perfect sense, but your comment does not.
It's ok... But grammatically wrong. "Not" should come before "feeling".
Rs Taylor, that form sounds a little old fashioned. Is that what you think?
How do I know that this is "not feeling so well" instead of "feeling a bit uncomfortable"?
Good question. Context.
(Actually, that ambiguity can be true when you experience it too.)
So the Chinese statement “I’m not feeling terribly comfortable” might reasonably be translated as “I feel like I got run over by a train.”
Sure, but I think the question tjatwood42 asked was about whether 觉得不舒服 meant that you were unwell or that you felt uncomfortable or awkward. This phrase can mean either.
Rumactree, I think of Chinese as characterized by understatement, reminds me of Brits. One ubiquitous expression is 不错 (bu cuo, if I got the right cuo). Literally, this means “not wrong,” and would be translated “not bad” but it really means, and the meaning is really conveyed by translating it as “really good.” If you hit a home run, I think a Chinese person would rarely ever say “great job!” Instead, I think you would hear observers of the home run—and maybe even of a grand slam—say the equivalent of “not bad.” In that case, if I were to translate to English I might make it something like “fantastic!”
Understandable, but a native speaker who hears this will know the speaker is not a native speaker, or someone who thinks they must speak in stilted poetic form.
This is so American English
Why won't it accept: My daughter is not feeling very well. That's what much of the non-American world says.
Yes, that would be a good translation. However the original phrase doesn’t mention “today” so you’d need to skip that part.
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"is not feeling so comfortable" is accepted.
"is feeling not so comfortable" isn't accepted.
Although there are some very specific circumstances when the second of your sentences might be said by a native speaker of English, it’s not a good phrase. It sounds as if you’re pausing to reflect on the right words: “is feeling ....not so comfortable”.
“Is not feeling so comfortable” is either stand alone but colloquial, or it’s describing a comparison to another time or place. So it’s been accepted but it’s also not ideal. Acceptable, not ideal.
English does this a lot: there are many ways to put the same words together and still be speaking English well. But each of the less standard phrases has a lot of baggage.
我的女儿觉得不太舒服 = my daughter is not feeling well (illness) / my daughter is feeling uncomfortable (she’s feeling awkward, or simply not comfortable)
The literal translation is: ' My daughter feels not too comfortable '. In her new dress, surroundings, dangerous environment, hot humid weather...That is, why only with respect to health!
You’re right that you could translate it with the word “comfortable” and be correct.
The problem is with the English sentence you’ve put together.
Perhaps DL wants to reinforce the idea of, ' de = belonging ', even though the Chinese don't use it with intimate, personal or family relations. Thus, DL uses it all the time for it's students.
Why is it 我的女儿 and not 我女儿? I thought the 的 was dropped if you have a close connection to the person?
的 can be dropped but it doesn’t have to be dropped.
I think it’s a bit like “I’ve” vs “I have”: both are used in many contexts but “I’ve” is more familiar. Some people might never use the long form at all whereas others might prefer to avoid the abbreviation in more formal contexts.
Brian, this is almost like slang. Appropriate in some contexts, very hip, but not really standard English. Someone over 35 or 40 would probably not use that construction, which may not be de rigeur even for young speakers in five years. Can you say, valley girl lingo? If your fluency in American English includes, like, colloquialisms like that, just fine. It’s like, if you know what you’re saying and are in the right audience, fine. Go for it. But if you’re learning the language you might want to avoid trying to be so slick. And you might hear Americans use that very expression and be clearly understood. I’m curious how other American speakers respond, and how they would react if they heard someone learning the language maybe they would be so not upset by it as to poo-poo my dissection. Back at me, anyone?
Did you perhaps mean to type: “My daughter is not feeling so well.” (which is also a bit colloquial but has the same, milder, meaning)?
What a long sentence it is just after only we have studied one character 舒 so repeatedly!