Please help if you can speak Mandarin?
I know that if you want to say, for instance, "I am in my kitchen", you would have to say "wo zai wo de chu fang li". However, sometimes I see sentences like this where the "li" has been omitted. Is this just a form of abbreviation, like leaving out "shi" (to be)?
Thanks in advance :)

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Please help if you can speak Mandarin?
I know that if you want to say, for instance, "I am in my kitchen", you would have to say "wo zai wo de chu fang li". However, sometimes I see sentences like this where the "li" has been omitted. Is this just a form of abbreviation, like leaving out "shi" (to be)?
Thanks in advance :)

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your example,"wo zai wo de chu fang li"and "li"can be ignored because you cant say anywhere about the kitchen.if you say "wo zai wo de chu fang",it's sounded like original chinese,but if you add "li",it's also right,meanwhile,let others know you are not chinese.

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In some special cases "li" can't be omitted,coz "li" tells where are you in a detailed way~
take "wo zai wo de chu fang " as example,:
if somebody is  asking you " where are you?”(你在哪？)，this sentence would be ok,however,
if he  is asking "你在厨房里面吗“，the most common answer is “我在”,or “我在里面”~

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Yep ! It's just  the accustomed way of speaking.
I am in my kitchen = ' wo zai chu fang' .or ' wo zai chu fang li mian ' 
I am in my bedroom = ' wo zai  wo shi '  or ' wo zai wo de wo shi li mian '  
I am in the classroom = wo zai jiao shi

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都是一些什么荒谬的理论！我在厨房里 (wǒ zài chúfánɡ lǐ.)” is also right, but we often omit “里 (lǐ).” 怎么能说also，ofen 要是你教老外汉语，老外都得回去学习英语。

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Yup ,you are right, a form of abbreviation. mostly,we say “ wǒ zài chú fánɡ ” this is  oral chinese

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