"她用左手写字。"
Translation:She writes with her left hand.
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1625
Better English would be "She uses her left hand to write". Or "She writes left-handed"
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the one thing that's worse than chinese people telling you how to speak chinese is chinese people telling you how to speak english
1915
I put "She uses her left hand to write." Duo suggested another translation is "She uses left hand to write." For non-native English speakers I want to point out that Duo's current preferred answer is absolutely incorrect, not a better answer.
486
There is not a 'her' in the word bank. It's required to make a proper English sentence.
Or I would say: She writes with her left hand.
1625
When I did this one, it was a type in answer. No word try to choose from. Funny how they do that!
from wikipedia :
Specifying Chinglish to mean "Chinese words literally translated into English", an experiment in linguistic clarity found that mathematical terms are more readily understandable in Chinglish than English.[37] English words for mathematics typically have Greek and Latin roots, while corresponding Chinese words are usually translations of neologisms from Western languages; thus quadrilateral (from Latin quadri- "four" and latus "sided") is generally less informative than Chinese sibianxing 四边形 (literally, "four-side-shape"). For example, compare the semantic clarity of English axiom, Chinese gongli 公理, and Chinglish (literal translation) "universal-principle"; median, zhongshu 中数, and "centre-number"; or trapezoid, tixing 梯形, and "ladder-figure"
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English vocabulary sure is a mess when compared to other languages because loan words have displaced so many words with self-evident meanings.
486
That's just not how it's said in English. 'The' implies that the object being referenced (left hand) has been previously mentioned or will be further described in the sentence. It isn't in that sentence.
There is nothing "wrong" about your sentence. It simply is not as strong as it could be.
even if you consider this a "Wright answer" this English ie Wrong: she uses left hand to write" is wrong! You guys really have to review your English if you want your Chinese course to be credible! We already know that you don't care about our comments but you really have to do something about this! There are plenty of similar issues throughout this course that to this day are not dealt with... Takes months to solve, as it seems....