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Where do you work

Let's learn how to ask where do you work and answer it in Chinese.

New words

在 zài prep. in/on/at

哪儿 nǎr where

工作 gōngzuò job/work

医院 yīyuàn hospital

医生 yīshēng doctor

护士 hùshi nurse

女儿 nǚ’ér daughter

儿子 érzi son

Language points

subject + preposition structure + verb

我 朋友 在医院 工作。Wǒ péngyou zài yīyuàn gōngzuò.

the verb in this sentence structure is “工作”. When talking about someone does something at somewhere, the word“在”acts as a preposition, to introduce the place where an action or behaviour takes place.

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