"They came first in the last soccer competition."
Translation:上一次的足球比赛，他们是第一。
April 15, 2018
4 Comments
Do you have to use the 上一次的 construction? Could you just say 上次足球比赛？
January 31, 2019
Does there not need to be a proposition in the Chinese sentence to clarify that the action happened "in" or "at" the competition?
April 15, 2018
AbunPang
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Not necessary. 上一次的足求比赛 is used as a topic: "As for the last football competition, they were first."
April 20, 2018
Fair enough. It's easy enough to understand when the comma is included, but tough for me to parse, otherwise.
April 20, 2018
