在 / I AM IN BEIJING | Chineseffect

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We use 在 /zài/ when we say that someone or something IS SOMEWHERE

在 /zài/ isn’t just a verb, it also works as a preposition ON, IN, AT

Negative form is 不在 /bùzài/

EXAMPLES

Beijing is in China.

北京在中国。

Běijīng zài Zhōngguó.

He is in Beijing.

他在北京。

<Tā zài Běijīng.>

He still isn’t here.

他还不在。

Tā hái bùzài.

I'm in a tearoom.

我在茶馆。

Wǒ zài cháguǎn.