"Tini datang dari jauh, yaitu dari Jepang."

Translation: Tini comes from afar, that is from Japan.

[volumniax]

"Afar" is not completely archaic, but is mostly used for rhetorical effect. May I suggest using "far away" as a replacement?

[matt524814]

Maybe not in the US but 'afar' is used a bit more in British English i think. Ive definately heard people using that in everyday speech, usually more upper class people

[Speedy12846]

YEP

[arielkbt]

Also can "from" be accepted as part of the answer?
"Tini comes from far away, i.e. from Japan."

[Rick392366]

"Tini datang dari jauh, yaitu dari Jepang."
Translation:Tini comes from afar, that is Japan.

Tini comes from afar, that is from Japan. = not accepted, reported.

Tini comes from far away, that is Japan. = not accepted, reported.

Tini comes from far away, that is from Japan. = not accepted, reported.

[Deinonysus]

I think "namely Japan" sounds more natural than "that is from Japan".

[svLjZvvx]

English not really right

[Henry122426]

I think most UK native speakers would use 'from' twice rather than once, regardless of whether they were to use the word 'afar' or the phrase 'far away'. It should definitely not be marked as wrong in either case.

[Robyn721662]

This is a poorly constructed English translation

[Bjooorn1]

Could it also be "tini arrives from afar... ?

[ZoltanG891]

This sounds a little awkward in English

[jacksonbeale]

Wierd sentence

[noelster1987]

This sounds dumb to a native English speaker

[Andy521495]

A typo Tin instead of Tini is not a mistake!

[JeremyTahu]

Tini comes from afar, that is from Japan

[jerguy1928]

I think a better answer would be 'Tini comes from far away, Japan that is'

[HenryTan13]

Yaitu?

[Nevin711542]

replace "that is" with "namely" and you're good

[ChrisPwise]

The english sentence is poor grammar.
"Tini comes from afar, which is Japan".
'that is' is wrong on this context and 'from' is not needed twice.

[fhwqhgads]

Am I right in saying "yaitu" is literally just "yeah that"?

[MikeWilby]

Maybe I missed something early on ! - is Y at the start of a word always pronounced "ee"?

[Gill714966]

Why is “Tini is coming from far away i.e. Japan” not acceptable?

[Gill714966]

I know Duo strips punctuation out of our answers, but in this question ought it not to be "Tini comes from afar, that is, from Japan." There is a natural pause before "from" and I actually took a moment to realise "yaitu"' wasn't a new synonym for "that" because of the way I initially read the given sentence (I'm a native English speaker)

[BalaSteele]

now, whats the difference in using yang vs yaitu?

[dan956728]

Golly gosh that's a lot of words

[dan956728]

I am out