How do you say "We have got to take a dictionary with us" in Chinese?

[anonymoose]

How do you say "We have got to take a dictionary with us" in Chinese?

[skylee]

我們得帶一本字典。

[anonymoose]

OK, thanks, Skylee.

[Harvey]

我們得帶一本字典。

Is the literally...

We Must Bring 1(book) dictionary?

[nipponman]

Yep, I think you can drop the 一 to ahow that you are taking "a" dictionary. 本 here doesn't mean book, it is a classifier. I'm sure you already knew this but just letting you know.

[happytaru]

well, actually If I say:" 我们得带本字典。" it also means " a dictonary" "我们得带一本字典", however, there is a slight difference bewteen them which emphsize on this numeral " 一".

pinyin is : wo3 men (neutral ) dei3 ( not de ) dai 4 ben 3 zi4 dian3.

[nipponman]

well, actually If I say:" 我们得带本字典。" it also means " a dictonary" "我们得带一本字典",

That's what I said, isn't it?

[Long Zhiren]

One part of the expression has been left out so far "have got to:" 一定要

我们一定要带本字典.