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Is my sentence correct? "When you come to my house, you first have to take the train, get out of it at the 3° station, and then take the bus n°60. My house is in front of the supermarket."

"你来我家的时候, 你要坐火车, zài3 火车站下车, 然后你换60路公共汽车. 我家zài超市前边."

I'm sorry for "zài", I can't write it with my phone... I don't know why...

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  • By "3° station" do you mean "3rd stop"?
    – Rephinx
    Apr 30, 2014 at 9:08
  • Yes exactly, is it ok??
    – Chiara
    Apr 30, 2014 at 9:15
  • @Chiara Nobody uses that in China... Say 第三个站.
    – user58955
    Apr 30, 2014 at 10:26
  • @Chiara you can say 在第三站下车.
    – Rephinx
    Apr 30, 2014 at 11:57
  • Please come up with a better heading than "How can I say this?", it doesn't ehm say anything about you question.
    – PetaspeedBeaver
    Jan 16, 2018 at 3:15

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When you come to my house, 你来我房子的时候， you first have to take the train, 首先要坐火车， get out of it at the 3° station, 在第三个站下， and then take the bus n°60. 然后坐 N60 路。 My house is in front of the supermarket. 我的房子在超市的前面。

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  • Ok, just a thing: in your last sentence you have put 的 and 面 instead of 边. Is " 的" necessary? Do 面 and 边 have a different meaning and when should I prefer one instead of the other?
    – Chiara
    Apr 30, 2014 at 10:39
  • In this case, you can replace 面 with 边. 前面, 前边, 左面, 左边. The different is 面 means face to, 边 means aside.
    – mikespook
    Apr 30, 2014 at 10:49
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If you need a more like English translation, here it is: (The ultimate translation is not necessarily doing it literally, that was what I learned from translation graduate school :)

"你来我家的时候, 你要坐火车, 在第三站下车, 然后你换60路公共汽车. 我家就在超市前边."

Before you come to my house, you'll need to take the train, then transfer to #60 bus at 3rd stop. My house is in front of the supermarket.

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    So, in your opinion, all my sentences are correct exept the third one? Do i have to put "de" as Mikespook suggested before the last word?
    – Chiara
    Apr 30, 2014 at 16:52
  • With or without the "de" would both work.
    – ChineseHulu.com
    Apr 30, 2014 at 17:03
  • Great thank you very much! Last question, are you native speaker?
    – Chiara
    Apr 30, 2014 at 17:06
  • Yes I'm a native speaker for more than 30 years! :)
    – ChineseHulu.com
    May 6, 2014 at 15:30

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