同学 or 学生 In the 4 lesson

同学 or 学生 In the 4 lesson

by Katerina Kouda -
Number of replies: 1

In the 4 lesson in Syntesis dialogue you write 小明:我的中国名字叫王小明。我是王同学。Is this 同学 means classmates? You translate it  in dialogue "student".  Why do we not use 学生?

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In reply to Katerina Kouda

Re: 同学 or 学生 In the 4 lesson

by Tianxiang LI -

Katerina 你好,

同学 has two meanings : 

1 - as a noun it means "classmate" : 他是我的同学。 He is my classmate.

2 - as a title (like "sir", "Miss")  it means "student". 我是王同学。I am student Wang.

学生 means "student" as a noun. It cannot be used as a title. 

More info in the video :

Best regards,

天翔

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