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我家在那儿 My home is over there
Buildings & places.
Dialogue
我家在那儿 — My home is over there
- 高朋 文山, 你家在哪儿? Where's your home?
- 文山 我家在大路的左边. 那个 大楼里. Left of the main road. In that big building.
- 高朋 哪一个房间? Which room?
- 文山 十楼五号. 房间里有一个大床. Floor 10, #5. The room has a big bed.
- 高朋 学校呢? And the school?
- 文山 在学校里, 教学楼旁边. 图书馆也在那儿. In the school, next to the teaching building. Library's there too.
Dialogue
门外的人 — Someone outside the door
- 大友 高朋, 谁在门外? Who's outside the door?
- 高朋 我朋友. 他在外边. My friend. He's outside.
- 大友 请他来! 房间里有椅子. Tell him to come! There are chairs inside.
- 高朋 好. 椅子的旁边是床, 我们都坐. OK. Beside the chair's a bed, we all sit.
- 大友 太好了! 一起喝茶. Great! Tea together.
Vocabulary
- 学校
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noun school
- 教学楼
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noun teaching building
- 图书馆
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noun library
- 房间
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noun room
- 房子
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noun house
- 楼
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noun building
- 路
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noun road
- 门
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noun door
- 床
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noun bed
- 椅子
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noun chair
New characters
- 路
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road
走路 zǒu lù — walk路上 lùshang — on the way; in the course of a journey路线 lùxiàn — route; itinerary - 楼
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building
教学楼 jiàoxuélóu — teaching building - 房
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(in 房间)
房间 fángjiān — room房子 fángzi — house - 床
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bed (Bk2)
起床 qǐ chuáng — get up - 图
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(in 图书馆 = library)
图书馆 túshūguǎn — library - 馆
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(in 图书馆 = library)
图书馆 túshūguǎn — library体育馆 tǐyùguǎn — gym; sports hall - 门
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door
出门 chū//mén — leave home; go out大门 dàmén — front gate; main entrance - 椅
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(in 椅子)
椅子 yǐzi — chair - 坐
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sit; ride
坐下 zuòxia — sit down
Hanzi — writing & recognition
lóu building Writing
lù road Writing
mén door Writing
fáng (in 房间) Recognition
chuáng bed Recognition
yǐ (in 椅子) Recognition
xiào school (in 学校) Recognition
jiāo teach (revisit Bk1 ch11) Recognition
Grammar
Pinning down location
Explanation
Continuation of ch10. With composite locatives: 学校里 / 教学楼前 / 房子的左边. Q: X 在哪儿? A: X 在 [place] [上/下/里/外...].
Examples
- 我家在大路的左边. My home is left of the main road.
- 图书馆在学校里. The library is in the school.
- 床在房间中间. Bed is in the middle of the room.
- 门外有人. Someone's outside the door.
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