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简单 in Context

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简单

Usage 1 - "simple": 

Sentence:

这个问题很简单。 

English:

This is a simple question.


Sentence:

这个问题对我来说很简单。

English:

This is a simple question for me.


*Sentence:

我们每天过得很简单。

English:

We live every day very simply.


Sentence:

这很简单!

English:

This is simple!



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Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Billy Blithersunson

Gents,

Am i reading too much into word/character order or does this make sense in comparison:

这个问题对我来说很简单 - this is a simple question for me (emphasis on the question)

对我来说这个问题很简单 - in my opinion, this is a simple question (emphasis on my opinion)

Im thinking both make complete sense but with different emphasis on seperate parts of the sentence. Please correct me if i'm wrong.

Mandarin Blueprint

These two questions are the same, not any difference I can see in emphasis.

MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnVp_b_LlqY&t=2199s 

Great Job! Keep Going! 鱼 in Context
Comments   2

Chris Lewis

What purpose does the 对 serve in this sentence?

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Mandarin Blueprint

It's part of a fixed expression “对 somebody 来说/讲”, which means "from (somebody's) point of view/in (somebody's) opinion"

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