第一百五十九天

[nnozomi]

语法
一起 + verb, to do something together
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22together%22_with_%22yiqi%22

词汇
家, home/family; also 回家, go home; 家里, in the home; 家人, family; 在家, at home 家 jiā, home/family; also 回家 huí jiā, go home; 家里 jiā lǐ, in the home; 家人 jiā rén, family; 在家 zài jiā, at home
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
等等，我跟你们一起去, wait, I'm going with you.
你们每一个人都是我的朋友，家人，没有谁比谁更重要, each of you is my friend, my family, no one more important than the next.
我家就住你家对门儿，我干吗还坐你家里啊, my place is right across from yours, what am I gonna do sitting down in your house.

Me:
我跟朋友一起联系中文，她真的很忍耐。
因为我在家里工作，我可以一边工作一边听音乐。

Comments

[grayswandir]

在家, at home

I always do a double-take on this one, because more than once I've been very confused by finding that the Wiktionary entry for 在家 says it means both "at home" and "at work." XD Just now I went to check MBDG and got a somewhat better explanation there: "(at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差)."

I'm still not sure if 在家 only means "not away from the office on official business," or if it means "in the office" more generally (as opposed to being anywhere else, like away on vacation, out on sick leave, gone home for the night, etc.)... but I presume not, since if the person had gone/stayed home they would... actually be 在家???

[nnozomi]

"(at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差)."
I didn't know that! I'll ask Chinese friends if I get a chance. I suspect it's pretty context-dependent? 出差 is familiar, but I'd have thought its opposite was 在办公室 or 在公司.