Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students/Prepositions

Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students NOUNS - Pronouns - Nouns - Proper nouns VERBS - Activity verbs - Adjectival stative verbs - Non-adjectival stative verbs - Yes/No answers - Past tense - Future tense OTHERS - Negation - Questions - Adverbs - Conjunctions - Prepositions - Numbers - Phrases

Prepositions

General

跟

gēn

with

我想跟你一起吃晚饭 ◦	wŏ xiăng gēn nĭ yìqĭ chī wǎnfàn.	I would like to have dinner with you.
儿子跟我们在这儿 ◦	érzĭ gēn wŏmen zài zhè'er.	The son is here with us.

Location

在

zài

(located) at, in

在饭店	zài fàn diàn	at the restaurant
我的朋友在我那儿 ◦	wŏ de péngyou zài wŏ nà'r.	My friend is at my place.
我的太太在香港 ◦	wŏ de tài tài zài Xiānggǎng.	My wife is in Hong Kong.
我们住在美国 ◦	wŏmen zhù zài měiguó.	We live in America.
学院路在哪儿 ?	Xuéyuàn lù zài nă'r?	Where is College Road located?
是不是在这儿 ?	shì bù shì zài zhè'r?	Is it located here?
我不想在那儿吃 ◦	wŏ bù xiăng zài nà'r chī.	I would not like to eat over there.
在那儿不太贵 ◦	zài nà'r bù tài guì.	Over there it's not too expensive.
她跟你的先生在一起 ◦	tā gēn nĭ de xiānshēng zài yìqĭ.	She is with your husband (literally: She with your husband are located together).