English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | English term or phrase: The birds ate birdseed in their cages. | | I'm helping some high school kids who are interested in Chinese and I would like to show them some of the differences in sentence structure. If you could translate this and tell me what each symbol represents that would be great. |
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| | Chinese translation:（小）鸟（儿）在他们的笼子里吃鸟食。 | Explanation:
The same as my last answer, but different sentence flow order:
the birds=鸟/小鸟/小鸟儿/鸟儿;
ate=吃
birdseed=鸟食
in their cages=在 他们的 笼子 里
in=在 ...... 里
Hope everything is clear and this is helpful... |
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  Adsion Liu
Canada
Local time: 19:08
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32 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 | the birds ate birdseed in their cages. （小）鸟（儿）在他们的笼子里吃鸟食。
Explanation:
The same as my last answer, but different sentence flow order:
the birds=鸟/小鸟/小鸟儿/鸟儿;
ate=吃
birdseed=鸟食
in their cages=在 他们的 笼子 里
in=在 ...... 里
Hope everything is clear and this is helpful...
| Adsion Liu
Canada
Local time: 19:08
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Native speaker of: Chinese
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