"I will go to Shanghai to see a friend."

Translation: 我会去上海见一个朋友。

[tntptntp]

Is the 一个 necessary here?

[Rumactree]

Without 一个 the sentence is ambiguous in Chinese. It might mean ‘a friend’ or ‘friends’.

So it’s a more exact translation with 一个 but I honestly can’t answer about whether it’s absolutely necessary.

[DrMutale]

Wouldn't friends be 朋友们？

[rb_9]

们 is only used when the noun is the subject, not the object.

[hushpossum]

Men is only used to make pronouns plural, not other nouns

[Jacob922981]

Yes 看 is also acceptable, it can be used the same way in english to when we say "I'm going to see a friend". 见 Can be translated as to see or to meet so you "can see" how they are interchangeable here.

[Mayisoon]

Why is 看见 instead of 见 not accepted?

[Zarainia]

Because 看见 doesn't mean seeing as in meeting (like here), but instead literally seeing like with your eyes. As other people have said, though, 看 is also okay.

[laszabine]

Is it ok to use 看 instead of 见 here?

[z4096]

That would mean "look at friends" or "watch friends", which isnt what you want

[LearnHowToHack]

”我会去在上海见一个朋友“ why is this wrong can someone explain?

[Rumactree]

You really don’t need 在 in this sentence. It’s just the english that makes you think you might. 去 doesn’t need a preposition after it.

[rb_9]

Can 要 be used instead of 会?

[Rumactree]

That would mean ‘have to go’ ...or ‘want to go’. (not ‘will go’)

[AndrKuczar]

What difference would it make if I used 看 instead of 见?

[AnthonyEng352458]

wouldn't it be "wo hui qu kan wo de peng you zai shang hai."?

[Rumactree]

That’s part of what this question is designed to teach: in English, we tend to put the ‘where’ at the end of a lot of sentences. In 中文, the ‘when’ and ‘where’ are always at (or very near) the start of the sentence. I think of it like setting the scene.

Yes, in English you can do it either way without much difference but in a 中文 sentence it’s at the start.

[Cook3DCookie]

why is 我想去上海见朋友 correct?