"There are 1,500 cat photos in my cellphone."
Translation:我的手机里有一千五百张猫的照片。
March 12, 2018
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hippietrail
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As a native English speaker I would only say "on my phone" just as I would say "on the TV" or "on the computer". For something like a battery or SIM card I would say "in" though.
As I understand it, in this sentence the 的 is not being used to indicate possession but is used to indicate that 猫 is an adjective before the noun 照片.
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Modifying_nouns_with_adjective_%2B_%22de%22
cynthiaspd
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I don't understand why it is cats (plural) and not photos (plural). Can anyone explain this?