To mark the location of the subject in ‘在 + location + verb’ structure.
张：他爸爸妈妈在哪里工作？
Zhāng ：Tā bà bà mā mā zài nǎ lǐ gōng zuò ？
Zhang: Where do his parents work?
王：他爸爸在银行工作；他妈妈没有工作，她在家看孩子。
Wáng ：Tā bà bà zài yín háng gōng zuò ；tā mā mā méi yǒu gōng zuò ，tā zài jiā kàn hái zǐ 。
Wang: His father works at a bank; his mother does not have a job; she cares for the
children at home.
李：王先生的孩子都在外国留学吗？
Lǐ ：Wáng xiān shēng de hái zǐ dōu zài wài guó liú xué ma ？
Li: Are both Mr Wang’s children studying in foreign countries?
丁：对，他儿子现在在中国学中文；女儿在法国学设计。
Dīng ：Duì ，tā ér zǐ xiàn zài zài zhōng guó xué zhōng wén ；nǚ ér zài fǎ guó xué shè jì 。
Ding: That’s right. His son is studying Chinese in China right now; his daughter is
studying design in France.
[1] Yip, P. C., Rimmington, D., Xiaoming, Z., & Henson, R. (2009). Basic Chinese: a grammar and workbook. Taylor & Francis.
