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Learn Chinese 3 : Where do you work?

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Click on the speaker icon of each sentence and listen to the recording. Each sentence follows this pattern : Pinyin (that's Chinese written in Latin characters), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and the English translation of the sentence.
1.
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Zhè shì shéi?
这是谁﹖
這是誰﹖
Who is this?
2.
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Zhè shì Xiè lǎoshī de érzi.
这是谢老师的儿子。
這是謝老師的兒子。
This is Prof. Xie's son.
3.
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Tā zài nálǐ gōngzuò.
他在哪里工作﹖
他在哪裡工作﹖
Where does he work?
4.
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Tā zài Ohio gōngzuò.
他在Ohio工作。
他在 Ohio 工作。
He works in Ohio.
Notes
  • 'de' is a possessive marker. 'Xiè lǎoshī de érzi' means 'Prof. Xie's son'. When the relationship is very close, the word 'de' is optional. For example, 'wǒ bàba, wǒ māma, tā péngyou' and etc.
  • Pay particular attention to the position of a location word in a sentence. In Chinese location words usually occur before the verb. Please compare the following Chinese and English counterparts:
    • He works in Shanghai.
    • Tā zài Shànghǎi gōngzuò.

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