Learning Chinese HSK 1 Lession 9: How to say “Where do you work?” in Chinese, location words in Chinese, “to be at” in Chinese

1. Where is the kitty?

1. Conversation
A: 小猫在哪儿?

[xiǎo māo zài nǎr ?] Where is the kitty?

B: 小猫在那儿。

[xiǎo māo zài nàr 。] The kitty is over there.

A:小狗在哪儿?

[xiǎo gǒu zài nǎr ?] Where is the puppy?

B: 小狗在椅子下面。

[xiǎo gǒu zài yǐ zi xià miàn 。] The puppy is under the chair.

2. New Words
1. 小 xiǎo adj. small, little

2. 猫 māo n. cat

3.在 zài V. to be in/on/at

4. 那儿 nàr pron. there

5. 狗 gǒu n. dog

6. 椅子 yǐ zi n. chair

7.下面(下)xiàmiàn(xià) n. under, below

2. Where do you work?

1. Conversation
A:你在哪儿工作?

[nǐ zài nǎr gōng zuò ?] Where do you work?

B:我在学校工作。

[wǒ zài xué xiào gōng zuò 。] I work in a school.

A:你儿子在哪儿工作?

[nǐ ér zi zài nǎr gōng zuò ?] Where does your son work?

B:我儿子在医院工作,他是医生。

[wǒ ér zi zài yī yuàn gōng zuò , tā shì yī shēng 。] My son works in a hospital. He is a doctor.

2. New Words
8.在 zài prep. in/on/at

9. 哪儿 nǎr pron. where

10. 工作 gōngzuò v./n. to work; job

11. 儿子 érzi n. son

12.医院 yīyuàn n hospital

13. 医生 yīshēng n. doctor

3. Is your father at home?

1. Conversation
A:你爸爸在家吗?

[nǐ bàba zài jiā ma ?] Is your father at home?

B:不在家。

[bù zài jiā 。] No, he isn’t.

A:他在哪儿呢?

[tā zài nǎr ne ?] Where is he?

B:他在医院。

[tā zài yī yuàn 。] He is in the hospital.

2. New Word
14. 爸爸 bàba n. father