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"老师住在城市里。"
Translation:The teacher lives in the city.
June 9, 2018
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Because this is the worst language tree on Duolingo? That's my guess. And opinion.
IanMcFarla17
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In English it is idiomatic to speak of 'living in the city' (as opposed to 'the country'), even where a particular city is not named. To my ear it sounds less natural to say, 'The teacher lives in a city' than 'The teacher lives in the city', though both are possible.
IanMcFarla17
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Specifically, what does 里 add (since we've been accustomed to using 住在 without any other prepositions for 'live[s] in')?