7 Location, location, location
You have learned before that, in Chinese, time expressions such as ‘tomorrow evening’, ‘tomorrow’ etc. must be placed before the verb (time + verb), as in:
Wǒ xīngqītiān wǎnshang kàn diànyǐng. 我星期天晚上看电影。
lit. I Sunday evening watch movies/a movie. (I watch movies/a movie on Sunday evening.)
Similarly, expressions of location should also be placed before the verb. The sentence structure looks like this: zài 在 (at/in) + a place + do something.
Wǒ zài Běijīng xué zhōngwén. 我在北京学中文.
lit. I in Beijing learn Chinese. (I learn Chinese in Beijing. )
Activity 7
Choose the correct Chinese translation.
I study Chinese literature in Beijing.
He learns French in France.
From the above, we can conclude: In Chinese the location of expressions such as , ‘in Beijing, ‘in France’ etc. must be placed…
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