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老家 in Context

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老家

Usage 1 - "hometown": 

*Sentence

我们每年都是在老家过的,今年想改变一下。

English:

We spend Chinese New Year at our hometown every year. This year we want to make a change.

Top-Down Words: 

都 dōu - all, every



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Bon Soy

in the sentence 我们每年都是在老家过的, is the 年 in 过年 dropped on purpose (我们每年都是在老家过年的)?

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Mandarin Blueprint

Both are fine, but the first must be in a context where the subject of 过年 has been established, i.e. they are talking about new year.

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