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哪里？“哪里”？Nălĭ?"Nălĭ"?

shàng gè lǐ bài tiān wǒ de zhōng guó péng yǒu bān jiā ，yāo qǐng wǒ qù cān guān tā men de xīn fáng zǐ 。tā men de xīn jiā bù zhì dé zhēn piāo liàng 。

上个 礼拜天我的中国朋友搬家，邀请我去参观他们的新房子。他们的新家布置得真漂亮。

kě dāng wǒ chēng zàn de shí hòu ，wǒ de péng yǒu què wèn ：“nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ ？”wǒ shuō ：“kè tīng hěn piāo liàng ！”kě tā hái shì bú tíng dì wèn ：“nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ ？”wǒ jiào dé hěn qí guài ，gàn cuì huí dá ：“zhè jiān 、nà jiān ，hái yǒu jiā jù dōu hěn piāo liàng 。”

可当我称赞的时候，我的朋友却问：“哪里哪里？”我说：“客厅很漂亮！”可他还是不停地问：“哪里哪里？”我觉得很奇怪，干脆回答：“这间、那间，还有家具都很漂亮。”

礼拜lĭbài: week

搬家bānjiā: move (house)

邀请yāoqĭng: invite

参观cānguān: visit (place)

布置bùzhì: arrange

称赞chēngzàn: praise

客厅kètīng: living room

干脆gāncuì: simply

家具jiājǜ: furniture

1. Did you get confused when you see the title? There must be something wrong with 哪里(Nălĭ), wait but does it mean "where"?

It's true, 哪里means where most of time when people want to know the location, like:

教室在哪里？

地铁站在哪里？

But sometimes, it means “No, I'm not that good as you said." like the text we have today: When "I" praised my friend, they answered with "哪里" as "Thanks" in Chinese way.

A：你做的菜真好吃。

B：哪里、哪里，没有我妈妈做得好。

2. "V.+得+Adj. sentence. " This is the structure we usually use for comment, which means V. already happened or already started. "Adj. Sentence". shows it's not just a simple Adj., we need to say something like "很…、真…、非常…" Also, object is always put before V. For example,

你看，她跑得真快。

你的工作做的非常好。

他的汉语说得很标准。

3. “当……的时候”means while, you put the sentence between “当” and “的时候”

当她回家的时候，天已经黑了。

当爷爷睡着的时候，我的手机响了。

当春天来了的时候，她就会回来。

4. “却”simply means "but", only used after Subject and before the rest of the sentence. Usually started with “可”Like:

…… 可我却没有听他的话。

六点下班，你却四点就回家了。

5. “还是” not only means "or", but "still" as well. Compare these sentences:

你要茶还是水？

上礼拜我喝茶，今天我还是喝茶。

6. “干脆” is an Adv. here, often used to express give up any action like hiding, attemption, hesitation, and thinking, simply take some easilest or basic action. Like:

看他那么着急，你干脆告诉他真相吧！

等了半小时也没有见到一辆出租车，最后他干脆自己走回家了。