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"七点差十分。"
Translation:Ten minutes to seven o'clock.
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The meaning given to me for the new character was "worse," which could not possibly make sense in context. So I had to intentionally give a wrong answer in order to see the correct one to find out what it means.
差 does have that meaning but, as is the case for a lot of Chinese, context is king.
Using logic, worse would mean less than complete. So, ten minutes worse than 7 means 10 minutes before completing 7 o'clock. It makes perfect sense.
Actually you had two options; 1, do as you did and learn from a mistake (the main learning strategy of young children everywhere) or 2, you could have used a secondary source to find a more detailed definition for this character. I usually do the 1st and when I'm still confused then resort to the 2nd.
Or the third option, to guess the sentence meaning from the words in the word bank, with knowing the meanings of all but one character. xD
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They're trying to teach you specifically how to say "ten minutes to seven", not just have you give anything that has the same meaning.
It's wrong because that's not how the given Chinese is saying it. The whole point is to understand the literal meaning of the Chinese words.
七點差十分。
1. In Taiwan, the character "差" is pronounced as chā, not chà.
2. In Taiwan we prefer to say "差十分七點" but it is even more common to just say "六點五十分."
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Again -- this is weird robot English. I said 'ten to seven' and added 'o'clock' since it was shown though you'd never say this in English. I was corrected for not saying 'ten minutes' although 'ten to seven' is what native (American) speakers usually say. There are so many of these weird translations that it is quite frustrating.
@Marin - what is really weird is that you answered "ten to seven 'o clock" and then started complaining that it is not the right answer. Whatever made you think that that was the right answer?
Agreed. Ten minutes before seven o'clock should be accepted, and yes, I did report it.
"Ten to seven" would be the most natural way to say this in American English (West coast). "Ten to seven o'clock" (or "Ten minutes to seven o'clock") is never used.
In spanish we say "menos cuarto" which means at x hour 45 minutes because you substrat 15 minutes or a quarter of a hour.Same lohic but you can still say it that way and people will understand
Answered "Ten minutes to 7 o'clock." Marked wrong with the suggested correct phase "Ten minutes to 7 o'clock" ... Wat?
'normally' i would not say ' to seven o'clock', just 7. even if you walked up to a stranger on the street and said '10 minutes to 7' that person would know what you are talking about. minutes indicate that you ARE talking about time.
Now I see why you have trouble learning Chinese.
A hint is not an answer. It is merely a pointer.
