Time - let's make things a little harder
Let's include what we learned about time into sentences that we use in our daily life.
Say you are making a phone call, and you want to know if so and so is going to be at home during certain time,
we will use combination as follows:
qing wen ni zai bu zai jia
請問你 [ Time ] 在不在 家?
(Are you at home during _______?)
請問, like we mentioned in previous lessons, is a way to ask a question politely .
你,is you.
在不在,is asking are you there or not.
家 means home or family.
To answer this, a person can simply say 在 or 不在.
在 meaning you are there, and 不在 for not there.