Chinese Lesson 11: I'm studying at the College of Chinese Studies in a language university.

Sentence Pattern

我在语言大学对外汉语学院学习。（Wǒ zài Yǔyán Dàxué Duìwài Hànyǔ Xuéyuàn xuéxí.）：
I'm studying at the College of Chinese Studies in a language university.
Words
1.感谢（gǎnxiè）：[v]to thank
2.读书（dúshū）：[v]to study
3.语言（yǔyán）：[n]language
4.大学（dàxué）：[n]university
5.对外（duìwài）：international
6.学院（xuéyuàn）：[n]college
7.工作（gōngzuò）：[v]to work
8.位（wèi）：[quantifier]used in deferential reference to people
9.这么（zhème）：[pron]so
10.巧（qiăo）：[adj]accidentally; luckily

Background
On the Great Wall, Dachuan picks up a pair of glasses that a girl has dropped on the ground. The girl thanks him and asks wher he studies.

Dialogue One

Tài gǎnxiè le! Nǐ zài nǎr dúshū?
太感谢了！你在哪儿读书？
Thank you very much! wher do you study?
Búkèqi. Wǒ zài Yǔyán Dàxué Duìwài Hànyǔ Xuéyuàn xuéxí.
不客气。我在语言大学对外汉语学院学习。
My pleasure. I study at the International College of Chinese Studies, at a language university.
Background
On the Great Wall, Dachuan is chatting with a girl. He discovers that the girl's father is a Chinese teacher at his school.

Dialogue Two

Wǒ de bàba zài Yǔyán Dàxué gōngzuò.
我的爸爸在语言大学工作。
Tā shì yí wèi hànyǔ lǎoshī.
他是一位汉语老师。
My father teaches in a language university. He is a Chinese teacher.
Tā xìng shénme?
他姓什么？
What's his surname?
Tā xìng Zhāng.
他姓张。
His surname is Zhang.
Zhème qiǎo! Wǒ de lǎoshī yě xìng Zhāng.
这么巧！我的老师也姓张。
What a coincidence! My teacher's surname is also Zhang.