Kongming21 Posted February 13, 2011 at 04:05 PM Report Posted February 13, 2011 at 04:05 PM Hey everyone, I was just thinking about how to say the following two sentences in Chinese but wasnt sure whether or not and if yes how to use 一定 and 以内: 1. You need to get a specific score to.... 你需要得到特定/一定的成绩来。。。。 2。You need to be among the three best students in the exam to... 你得考试考第三名以内来。。。。 I am not sure whether I need to use 一定/特定 for the first sentence and 以内 for the second here, but that all I ould come up with right now to express "specific" score and "among" the three best students. Thanks for the help in advance. Quote
LucyxLucy Posted February 13, 2011 at 11:22 PM Report Posted February 13, 2011 at 11:22 PM I would say: 1.你需要（得到）特定的成绩才能（才可以）.... or 你需要有一定的成绩才能（才可以）.... 2.你需要在前三名以内才能（才可以）... I can't really explain this grammatically....I just wrote down what sounded the best to me. I replaced the 来 in your sentences with 才能 or 才可以，again, I just thought it sounded nicer this way. You should also change the 第三名 to 前三名，I'm assuming you want to say something about the top 3 students, 第三名 refers SPECIFICALLY to the third best students, while 前三名 means top 3. Quote
David Wong Posted February 15, 2011 at 07:48 PM Report Posted February 15, 2011 at 07:48 PM Another way to say it would be...say your specific score is 90 points... 1.你需要得到九十分以上才能。。。 2.你考试考（到）前三名才可以。。。 前三名 kinda implies "以内". Quote
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