受到 or 得到 ????????????

sangletian
 October 14, 2011, 06:29 PM posted in General Discussion

is there a 请问 or other lesson based on "getting somthing". I know the words that include 受到 or 得到, but using these seem a bit unnatural, is there a better way of saying "to get" as a verb????? Better yet is it explained in a lesson??????

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John
 October 18, 2011, 06:04 AM

Sangletian,

But "get" what?  The word "get" is highly idiomatic in English, and can mean many, many quite different things. I recommend rephrasing what you want to say using a verb other than "get" (for example, do you mean "receive" or "buy" or "become" or what?), and then translating that into Chinese.  It will be much easier.

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pistagn
 October 18, 2011, 09:02 AM

I also confuse these often... are my examples below correct?

I want to get a degree.

我想得到一个学位。

I forgot my phone in the car. I have to run and get it.

我忘了我的手机在车里，我回去拿它。

I hope to get the next promotion.

我希望得到下一个晋级。

I don't get it. Can you explain it one more time. 

我听不懂，请再说一遍。

Go get a job, then we can talk about marriage. 

你一找到工作，我们就能商量咱们结婚。

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connie

你用的动词都对！英文的'get'在中文里有很多不同的说法，主要是看跟它搭配的名词是什么。