Expressing about time and location Hello, everyone. Cannot find any explanation in Google, so would be grateful if someone explained to me this: How do you express time AND location in one sentence?

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Alex Mash

Expressing about time and location Hello, everyone. Cannot find any explanation in Google, so would be grateful if someone explained to me this: How do you express time AND location in one sentence? It seems the construction for locations is 在(place), the same is as for time(for example, 在1xxx年(in 1xxx year)). How to combine these two? For example, “In 1967 in Rome…” Would it be any different if I want to use a particular date “… (verb) on December 26th in Rome”? Thanks.

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In 1967 in Rome……: 1967年在罗马…… (verb) on December 26th in Rome: 12月26日在罗马 + 动词……

Usually we make the "time" a stand alone part at the beginning of the sentence, followed by a comma and the "location". This works for any specific dates as well. eg. "In 1967 in Rome…" = "1967年，在罗马..." "On May 1st 1967 in Rome" = "1967年5月1号，在罗马..." An alternative way to say so is "在1967年的罗马，...", but I think it's a little bit unnatural if you want to use a specific date.

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