房间
room
HSK 1
Lesson 8 · 我爸爸也在医院工作
What you'll learn
Ask and say where things or people are, use `在 + place + action` for action location, and use `能 / 不能` for ability or possibility.
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Listen and Read
Start from looking for a book, then practice location, `在`, and `能`.
小林
小方，你看见我的书吗？
Xiao Fang, do you see my book?
小方
没看见。你的书在哪儿？
No, I don't see it. Where is your book?
小林
书在房间里。我的东西在桌子上。
The book is in the room. My things are on the table.
小方
我们下午在学校学习中文，你能到学校吗？
We study Chinese at school this afternoon. Can you get to school?
小林
我能到。我在学校学习中文。
I can get there. I study Chinese at school.
小方
你妈妈在哪儿工作？
Where does your mother work?
小林
我妈妈在学校工作。
My mother works at school.
小方
我爸爸也在医院工作。
My father also works at a hospital.
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Core Words
First learn to say `上`, `下`, `里`, `外`, and `前`.
桌子
table; desk
上
on; above
下
under; below
里
inside; in
外
outside
外边
outside; the outside area
前
front
哪儿
where
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Learning Note
Read nouns and location words together.
To describe location, say the object first, then `在`, and finally the place plus location word, as in `书在房间里`.
书在房间里。
The book is in the room.
我的东西在桌子上。
My things are on the table.
房间外。
outside the room
桌子下。
under the table
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Pattern: `名词 + 在 + 地点 + 方位词`
Use location words to say where something is.
名词 + 在 + 地点 + 方位词
Location words go after the place and make the position more specific. Say the thing first, then `在`, then the place and location word.
书在房间里。
The book is in the room.
我的东西在桌子上。
My things are on the table.
医院在学校前边。
The hospital is in front of the school.
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Quick Practice
Practice `在 + place + location word`.
Complete the answer so it means `The book is in the room`: `A：书在哪儿？ B：书在______。`
Choose the phrase that means `in the room`.
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Core Words
These words help you ask whether someone saw something and answer that they did not see it.
书
book
东西
thing; item
没
not; have not
看见
to see; catch sight of
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Learning Note
When looking for something, first learn the natural answer `没看见`.
`没看见` means do not see or did not see. When you cannot see something, use `没看见` here and do not mix it with `不能`.
我没看见。
I don't see it.
我没看见书。
I don't see the book.
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Core Words
Use these words to say where someone does something.
在
at; in; on
学校
school
医院
hospital
工作
to work; job
也
also; too
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Learning Note
First separate where something is from where a person does an action.
For the location of a thing, use `thing + 在 + place/location`. For a person doing something somewhere, use `person + 在 + place + action`. In the second pattern, `在` comes before the action.
书在房间里。
The book is in the room.
我在学校学习中文。
I study Chinese at school.
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Pattern: `主语 + 在 + 地点 + 动作`
`在 + place` comes before the action and says where the action happens.
主语 + 在 + 地点 + 动作
To say where an action happens, put `在 + place` before the action. This `在` is not a full location sentence by itself; it helps show the action place.
我在学校学习中文。
I study Chinese at school.
我妈妈在学校工作。
My mother works at school.
我在房间里学习。
I study in the room.
爸爸在医院工作。
Dad works at a hospital.
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Quick Practice
Put `在 + place` before the action.
Which sentence means that mother works at school?
Choose the Chinese sentence with the correct meaning.
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Core Words
These words show whether someone can do something.
能
can; be able to
到
to arrive; reach
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Pattern: `能 / 不能 + 动作`
Use `能 + action` for can, and `不能 + action` for cannot.
能 / 不能 + 动作
`能` goes before the action and shows ability, conditions, or possibility. The negative form is `不能`. In this lesson, practice it before `到`, `去`, and `学习`.
我能到学校。
I can get to school.
我不能到医院。
I can't get to the hospital.
我能学习中文。
I can study Chinese.
我不能去学校。
I can't go to school.
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Quick Practice
Practice `能 / 不能 + action`.
Complete the prompt: `A：你能到学校吗？ B：______。`
Choose the answer that means `I can arrive`.
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Learning Note
Use `在 + place + 工作` to introduce where a family member works.
`也` means also. Listen to the sentence without `也` first, then the one with `也`; this makes the lesson title easier to understand.
爸爸在医院工作。
Dad works at a hospital.
我爸爸也在医院工作。
My father also works at a hospital.
我妈妈在学校工作。
My mother works at school.
我也在学校学习中文。
I also study Chinese at school.
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Learning Note
Finally, read location, `在`, `能`, and work-place sentences together.
After this lesson, focus on three sentence types: where something is, where someone does something, and whether someone can do something.
书在房间里。
The book is in the room.
我在学校学习中文。
I study Chinese at school.
我能到学校。
I can get to school.
我爸爸也在医院工作。
My father also works at a hospital.