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…