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Lesson 5

Places & being there

Say where things are, ask where to find a place, point to 'this' and 'that'.

📚 New vocabulary · 15

jiā
home, family
学校
xuéxiào
school
商店
shāngdiàn
shop, store
饭店
fàndiàn
restaurant, hotel
医院
yuàn
hospital
火车站
huǒchēzhàn
train station
中国
zhōngguó
China
北京
běijīng
Beijing
zài
to be at; -ing aspect
which
哪儿
nǎr
where
zhè
this, these
that, those
这儿
zhèr
here
那儿
r
there

💡 Grammar note

(zài) means 'to be at'. Question form: 你 在 哪儿? = 'Where are you?'. 哪 takes a measure word (哪 个), 哪儿 stands alone for 'where'. 这/那 mean this/that, 这儿/那儿 mean here/there.

🏋️ Quick practice

10 mixed questions: pinyin → meaning, character → meaning, listening, English → character, and fill-in sentences.

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🏋️ More practice

Open the full exercises page scoped to just this lesson's vocabulary — all three vocab-based modes (pinyin → meaning, listen → recognise, match) using only the 15 words you just learned.

🎓 Full lecture practice

The full workout, broken into stages. We split this lesson's vocabulary into small sub-groups and run a short drill for each — easier to absorb than 20 mixed questions in a row. Then the final stage mixes every type: pinyin → meaning, character → meaning, listening, English → character, fill the blank, English → 中 builder, word order, and tone identification. Includes a 🎤 pronunciation challenge when your mic + Whisper are available.

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