Indicating location with "zai" before verbs

Nível: HSK 1 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

If you need to include the place where an action takes place, you can use 在 (zài). Just pay close attention to word order, as this is one case in which Chinese word order is quite different from English. To indicate the location that a verb takes place in, 在 (zài), followed by a location, comes before the verb. Subj. + 在 + Place + Verb + Obj. Notice that the location is placed before the verb in Chinese, whereas in English it appears afterwards.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 中国菜怎么做？ (zhōngguó cài zěnyāo zuò ？): "How to make Chinese food?"
• Apple怎么说？ (Apple zěnyāo shuō ？): "What does Apple say?"
• 我在上海上大学。 (wǒ zài shànghǎi shàngdàxué 。): "I go to university in Shanghai."
• 你一直在这家公司工作吗？ (nǐ yīzhí zài zhè jiā gōngsī gōngzuò ma ？): "Have you always worked in this company?"

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