Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 5 在 Is (location)

Conversation

A 王小姐在办公室吗?
   Wáng xiăojiĕ zài bàngōngshì ma?
   Is Ms. Wang at the office?

B 不在。在派出所。
   Bù zài. Zài pàichūsuŏ.
   No, she isn’t. She is at the local police station.

A 真的吗? 。她犯法了吗?
   Zhēnde ma? Tā fànfă le ma?
   Really? Did she break the law?

B 是, 她犯法了。
   Shì. Tā fànfă le.
   Yes, she broke the law.

Example Sentences

陈 先生 在 商店。 Mr. Chen is at the store.
Chén xiānshēng zài shāngdiàn.
Chen first-born being commerce-shop.

我 在 家。 I am at home.
Wǒ zài jiā.
I being home.

老板 不 在 办公室。 The boss is not in the office.
Lǎobǎn bù zài bàngōngshì.
Old-boss not being manage-public-room.

杨 先生 在 茶馆。 Mr. Yang is at the tea house.
Yáng xiānsheng zài cháguǎn.
Yang first-born being tea-house.

老师 不 在 教室。 The teacher is not in the classroom.
Lǎoshī bù zài jiàoshì
Old-master not being study-room.

老师 在 书店。 The teacher is at the bookstore.
Lǎoshī zài shūdiàn.
Old-master  being book-shop.

王 小姐 不 在 宾馆。 Ms. Wang is not at the hotel.
Wáng xiǎojie bù zài bīnguǎn.
Wang little-big-sister not being guest-house.

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Mandarin is a tone language--that is, different pitch patterns actually distinguish one word from another. Mandarin has no irregular verbs or noun plurals to learn, because words have only a single form. Because Mandarin is completely unrelated to any European language, you may think it might be difficult to develop your vocabulary. However, it really is not that difficult. Why? The reason is that the meanings of many words consisting of two or more characters can be inferred from the meanings of the characters or even the roots of individual characters. So, your vocabulary can rapidly expand when you have grasped the basic characters and character roots.