Cam: Welcome to Chinese Studio. Da Jia Hao. Wo shi Cam.
Yajie: 欢迎收听《欢乐汉语》, 我是YJ. It’s the weekend again, and time for us to review what we learned this past week.
Cam: Let’s get a reminder.
Sentences in the Week
在哪儿, at where. Where do you live? 你住在哪儿?Where do you work? 你在哪儿工作?Where do you study? 你在哪儿上学?
Yajie: 你住在哪儿?Where do you live? 住, to live. zh-u, the fourth falling tone. 你住在哪儿?(ni3 zhu4 zai4 nar3) where do you live? Cam, how do you say where does he live?
Cam: 他住在哪儿?(ta1 zhu4 zai4 nar3)
Yajie: Yes, 他住在哪儿?
Conversation1:
Cam: 饭店(fan4 dian4), hotel. f-an, fourth tone,. D-i-an, fourth tone again,. 北京饭店 (bei3 jing1 fan4 dian4), the Beijing Hotel.
Yajie: 他住在北京饭店(ta1 zhu4 zai4 bei3 jing1 fan4 dian4 ). He lives at the Beijing Hotel.
Cam: 他住在北京饭店。ta zhu zai Beijing fan dian
Yajie: 我住在学校(wo3 zhu4 zai4 xue2 xiao4). I live at school. 学校, school.
Cam: 2号楼, No. 2 building. 号, h-ao, fourth tone, 号, number. 楼, l-ou, seond tone, 楼, building.
Yajie: 三门 (san1 men2), entrance 3. 门 (men2), door. m-en, second tone. But it’s usually attached with 儿(er) at the end in spoken Chinese. So it’s: 三门儿(san1 men2 er), entrance 3.
Cam: 三门儿(san1 men2 er), entrance 3.
Yajie: 房间。Room. 房, f-ang, second tone. 间, j-i-an, first tone. 房间。Room.
Cam: So 517房间 (fang2 jian1) is room 517. In Chinese, the figure comes first
Yajie: and you can say the address like this: 2号楼三门儿517房间.
Cam: That’s Room 517, Entrance 3, Building No. 2.
Yajie:: 你住在哪儿?Where do you live?
Cam: 我住在学校(wo3 zhu4 zai4 xue2 xiao4). I live at school.
Conversation2:
Cam: Yajie, 你在哪儿工作(ni3 zai4 nar3 gong1 zuo4)?Where do you work?
Yajie: 我在中国国际广播电台工作。I’m working at China Radio International.
Cam: Got it. 中国国际广播电台 (zhong1 guo2 guo2 ji4 guang3 bo1 dian4 tai1) is China Radio International. So I can give my answer by replacing 哪儿, where, with my place of employment.
Conversation3:
Cam: They work at 媒体(mei2 ti3),media and. 银行(yin2 hang2), the bank.
Yajie: And 外企(wai4 qi3), foreign company.
Cam: I know many university graduates are hunting for jobs right now. Wish them success.
Yajie: Speaking of university students, Cam, do you remember the Chinese for ‘where do you study”?
Cam: 你在哪儿上学 (ni3 zai4 nar3 shang4 xue2)? Where do you study?
Yajie: Bingo. 上学 go to school or study.
Conversation 4:
Yajie: 我在北京大学上学。I study at Peking University.
Cam: Yajie, how do you say middle school and primary school in Chinese?
Yajie: Middle school. 中学. And primary school is 小学.
Sentences in the Week
在哪儿, at where. Where do you live? 你住在哪儿?Where do you work? 你在哪儿工作?Where do you study? 你在哪儿上学?
Chinese Studio 汉语对话 Lesson 056 Revision of Asking Locations
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