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- "¡Nos vemos!"
"¡Nos vemos!"
Translation:See you!
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It seems to me that "We'll see each other" should also be accepted. This is accepted in other similar sentences but not in this one for some reason.
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I tried that version ("We'll see each other"), too, knowing that Duo likes more literal translations sometimes. It was not accepted as of Dec 19 2019. I guess in this case Duo wants a more idiomatic translation.
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I think this is basically idiomatic. I think that I once read it is said mainly around Mexico City. So I put "see you later". It was counted wrong.
See you later should be accepted. It is correct! (I’m a spanish teacher!)
"Vemos" means "we see" which makes no sense unless you put it in a quasi-future tense. "We''ll see you." Also closely related to the "We'll see you on Sunday" exercise.
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I think it's more like “we'll see each other". Like you by yourself can say this to one other person
Exactly: the 'we' here is the total people in the conversation, including the speaker. If I was chatting to one other person, and I then left on my own, I'd use it.
In the lesson notes 'Nos Vemos' was translated as 'see you' and 'see you later' but when I put 'see you later' it was marked wrong! What am I doing wrong?
Both Nos and Vemos are plural. Hence the translation should also be plural. Just saying...
Barry, plurality has nothing to do with it (and I'll assume you're being facetious). But here's my spin (should you care):
"vemos" = "we see"
"nos" = "us"
"we see us" = we see each other
I disagree. The use of the reflexive means the literal translation is "we see ourselves." Really a funky idiom to be teaching at this point, in any case.
Being literal is no help here. It's how you sign off a conversation, and the closest English equivalent is 'see you'. (In Italian, they say 'ci vediamo', which does the same thing.)
