"My family is pretty good recently."

Translation: 我的家人最近不错。

[vencatom]

is the meaning of 不错 really "pretty good"? I thought that meaning of 不错 is "not bad" and "pretty (very) good" is 很好....

[edominey]

I've been told that it is okay to emit 的 for close relationships like 我媽媽.

[slss-ssl-ss-sss]

Should we not use 是 between 家人and 最近？Duo is flagging it as incorrect.

[adam_gis]

No. As a native speaker, 是 is seldom used between noun and adverb. 是 is more often used like:

1. between noun and noun: 他是特朗普。 <-> He is Trump.

2. between noun and adjective, mostly needs 的 at the end of the sentence: 我是英俊的 <-> I am handsome.

[ejlilie]

Is saying '我家人‘ instead of '我的家人’ incorrect? As a bit of a scruffy bilingual I'm trying to neaten my grammar up, and I know that sometimes in colloquial speech '的‘ is sometimes omitted, but is it grammatically wrong?

[ruodan2]

The English should be "My family has been pretty good recently". "Is" is present tense, while "recently" is past tense, so they don't agree.

[blackpenman]

很好 does not necessarily mean very good, as 很 is generally used and therefore isn't particularly strong as an adverb. So I see no reason why saying 很好 as opposed to 不错 is an issue. Also, would 家 not suffice as a translation to family? Perhaps it isn't as common/clear as 家人, but the latter refers specifically more to the family members as opposed to the family as a whole, no?