<p>'与' in '与我' means 'with'. </p>

<p>It can't be omitted</p>

<p>[用中文][<strong>与</strong>我联系][不是一个好主意]</p>

<p>[using Chinese] [(to) contact <strong>with</strong> me] [is not a good idea]</p>

<p>English grammar:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>It is not a good idea to contact <strong>with</strong> me using Chinese</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The sentence is grammatically correct. Nothing wrong with that. </p>

<p>You can replace the relative clause [用中文] with other context and the grammar is still correct.</p>

<p>For example: </p>

<p>[在午夜] [<strong>与</strong>我联系][不是一个好主意]</p>

<p>[At midnight] [ contact <strong>with</strong> me] [is not a good idea]</p>

<p>English grammar:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>It is not a good idea to contact <strong>with</strong> me at midnight</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Note:</p>

<p>联络 is the better choice than 联系 for 'to contact' in this case because 联络 only means 'to contact' while '联系' could also mean 'to connect' as in 'connect and form a relationship'</p>

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Tang Ho
<p><strong>与</strong> means together or with.</p>

<p>用中文与我联系不是一个好主意 = use + Chinese + with + me + contact + not + good + idea</p>

<p>The <em>与</em> here is not necessary.</p>

<p>In fact, 用中文与我联系 can be better written as 用中文联系我 which means <strong>contacting me in Chinese</strong>. </p>

<p>In English you probably wouldn't write <em>contacting with me in Chinese</em> and it's the same here in Chinese.</p>

<hr>

<p>Sidenote: the only reference I found to "用中文与我联系" online is from a Japanese guy <a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/resilience-research/people/fujiyama" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dr Taku Fujiyama</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>如果您对我的研究有兴趣， 欢迎您用中文与我联系。</p>
</blockquote>

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Mou某
<blockquote>
  <p>用中文与我联系不是一个好主意。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The sentence you wrote makes perfect sense to me. Actually, it is a right one. 与 can't be omitted in this case. That reminds me of a typical caption translation from an English movie or TV show.</p>

<p>There are some other variations which a native Chinese might put for this context: </p>

<ol>
<li>你最好不要使用中文和我联系，我中文不太好。</li>
<li>联系我时，请用英文，我中文不好，谢谢！</li>
</ol>

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dan
<p>Grammatically, 与 here is a word connecting the hidden subject "你"(you) and “我”(me). It cannot be omitted.<br>
Also, it's quite common for any foreign language learner (e.g. a Chinese learning English, or a Canadian learning Chinese) to write a sentence that is grammatically correct, but not quite natural or native.<br>
You can translate your sentence as the follows:<br>
最好别用中文跟我联系。(You'd better not communicate with me in Chinese. )<br>
However, you can use a milder expression if you'd like to ask them to contact you in other languages:<br>
请用英文与我联系。(I'd like you to contact me in English. )<br>
See? It's a better practice to ask them "to do" something, rather than "not to do" something.  </p>

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Winfred Huang
<p>I ended up writing such a sentence, with some help of Google Translate:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>用中文与我联系不是一个好主意。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I tried to say:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><em>Contacting me in Chinese is not a good idea</em>.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Since my Chinese is pretty basic, I was wondering if that 与 here is needed for this sentence to be grammatically correct? Or can I skip it altogether?</p>

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What's the English equivalent that you're going for?
Mou某
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Edited the question.
MrVocabulary
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to confirm that 与我联系 is perfectly standard feed it to ichacha:    请与我联系    reach me
    与我联系    contact me
    电话跟我联络    contact me by telephone
    请尽与我联系    if you have any questions pl... etc
user6065
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与（跟）某人 联系 may be more common than 联系某人，however Chinese is well known to have more transitive verbs than English, i.p. (if 我 is placed after verb 联系) 与 in fact is not needed 与我联系＝联系我, ichacha: 联系我们    contact me; contact us contact us...   详细翻译>>
系我     
如需更多信息,请联系我们的客户支持    for more information，contact our customer service desk...   详细翻译>>
想获取更多信息，请联系我们的客户服务台    for more information，contact our customer service desk...
user6065
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As several answers have pointed out, there are many alternative ways to say this, but simply skipping 与 in your sentence is grammatically incorrect.
Weijun Zhou
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Does 与 change the meaning of 用中文与我联系不是一个好主意?
# Does 与 change the meaning of 用中文与我联系不是一个好主意?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-01)

I ended up writing such a sentence, with some help of Google Translate:

> 用中文与我联系不是一个好主意。

I tried to say:

> *Contacting me in Chinese is not a good idea*.

Since my Chinese is pretty basic, I was wondering if that 与 here is needed for this sentence to be grammatically correct? Or can I skip it altogether?

**Tags:** grammar, word-choice, writing-critique, conjunction

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What's the English equivalent that you're going for?  
> **username_0**: Edited the question.  
> **username_2**: to confirm that 与我联系 is perfectly standard feed it to ichacha:    请与我联系    reach me     与我联系    contact me     电话跟我联络    contact me by telephone     请尽与我联系    if you have any questions pl... etc  
> **username_2**: 与（跟）某人 联系 may be more common than 联系某人，however Chinese is well known to have more transitive verbs than English, i.p. (if 我 is placed after verb 联系) 与 in fact is not needed 与我联系＝联系我, ichacha: 联系我们    contact me; contact us contact us...   详细翻译>> 系我      如需更多信息,请联系我们的客户支持    for more information，contact our customer service desk...   详细翻译>> 想获取更多信息，请联系我们的客户服务台    for more information，contact our customer service desk...  
> **username_3**: As several answers have pointed out, there are many alternative ways to say this, but simply skipping 与 in your sentence is grammatically incorrect.  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2018-02-02. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

'与' in '与我' means 'with'.

It can't be omitted

[用中文][**与**我联系][不是一个好主意]

[using Chinese] [(to) contact **with** me] [is not a good idea]

English grammar:

> It is not a good idea to contact **with** me using Chinese

The sentence is grammatically correct. Nothing wrong with that.

You can replace the relative clause [用中文] with other context and the grammar is still correct.

For example:

[在午夜] [**与**我联系][不是一个好主意]

[At midnight] [ contact **with** me] [is not a good idea]

English grammar:

> It is not a good idea to contact **with** me at midnight

Note:

联络 is the better choice than 联系 for 'to contact' in this case because 联络 only means 'to contact' while '联系' could also mean 'to connect' as in 'connect and form a relationship'


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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-01. Score: 2

**与** means together or with.

用中文与我联系不是一个好主意 = use + Chinese + with + me + contact + not + good + idea

The *与* here is not necessary.

In fact, 用中文与我联系 can be better written as 用中文联系我 which means **contacting me in Chinese**.

In English you probably wouldn't write *contacting with me in Chinese* and it's the same here in Chinese.

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Sidenote: the only reference I found to "用中文与我联系" online is from a Japanese guy [Dr Taku Fujiyama](http://www.ucl.ac.uk/resilience-research/people/fujiyama)

> 如果您对我的研究有兴趣， 欢迎您用中文与我联系。


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### Answer by username_5 on 2018-02-01. Score: 1

> 用中文与我联系不是一个好主意。

The sentence you wrote makes perfect sense to me. Actually, it is a right one. 与 can't be omitted in this case. That reminds me of a typical caption translation from an English movie or TV show.

There are some other variations which a native Chinese might put for this context:

1. 你最好不要使用中文和我联系，我中文不太好。
2. 联系我时，请用英文，我中文不好，谢谢！


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### Answer by username_6 on 2018-02-02. Score: 1

Grammatically, 与 here is a word connecting the hidden subject "你"(you) and “我”(me). It cannot be omitted.  
Also, it's quite common for any foreign language learner (e.g. a Chinese learning English, or a Canadian learning Chinese) to write a sentence that is grammatically correct, but not quite natural or native.  
You can translate your sentence as the follows:  
最好别用中文跟我联系。(You'd better not communicate with me in Chinese. )  
However, you can use a milder expression if you'd like to ask them to contact you in other languages:  
请用英文与我联系。(I'd like you to contact me in English. )  
See? It's a better practice to ask them "to do" something, rather than "not to do" something.


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