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15 Dec 2019
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What is the difference between zhe jiu shi wo zai Beijing de jia and zhe jiu shi wo zai jia de Beijing ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between zhe jiu shi wo zai Beijing de jia and zhe jiu shi wo zai jia de Beijing ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
I guess I can't translate word by word to english but is the second sentence commonly used as well?
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The first one is correct. The second one is wrong.
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because in english, we say our home in Beijing but in this sentence, it sounds like Beijing's home...
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@piano0011 The sequence in Chinese is different from that of English. "wo zai jia de Beijing" is unnatural to us. We never say that. We usually don't put locations at the end of a sentence. That's why Chinese people also make mistakes when speaking English. We're not used to putting locations at the end of sentences as you do 😁
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