HSK1 — Day 15 — Where Is It?

Panpan
Panpan can't find something! Can you help? Let's learn to describe locations.

Today's Vocabulary

zài
to be at / in
我在家。
Wǒ zài jiā.
I am at home.
这儿
zhèr
here
我在这儿。
Wǒ zài zhèr.
I am here.
那儿
nàr
there
你在那儿吗?
Nǐ zài nàr ma?
Are you there?
哪儿
nǎr
where
你在哪儿?
Nǐ zài nǎr?
Where are you?
inside
家里。
Jiā lǐ.
Inside the house.
shàng
on / above
上。
Shàng.
On / above.

Today's Grammar

Use 在 (zài) to say where something/someone is, e.g. 我在学校 (I am at school).

我在这儿。
Wǒ zài zhèr.
I am here.
你在哪儿?
Nǐ zài nǎr?
Where are you?
他在那儿。
Tā zài nàr.
He is over there.
我家在北京。
Wǒ jiā zài Běijīng.
My home is in Beijing.
我的朋友在这儿。
Wǒ de péngyou zài zhèr.
My friend is here.