Kilo Lingo

(nà ér) - there, over there (spoken) in Mandarin

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Traditional: 那兒

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Translation

there, over there (spoken)

Word origin

那儿 (nàr) 'there' is the colloquial northern form, joining the demonstrative 那 'that' with the diminutive suffix 儿 (ér) that supplies the Beijing -r ending.

Origin
compound
Root
那 (that) + 儿 (-r suffix)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 那

Stroke order for 儿

Examples

He is waiting over there.

Did you come from there?

Put the book over there.

I left the book at his place.

How is the weather over there?

那儿 (nà ér) - there, over there (spoken).

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This word is part of lesson 9.