Adverb [time] + Subject + 在 + adverb [place] + verb [single] + object This pattern is used to describing a person doing something which explain the object, in certain place and at what time. 昨天我在那家餐廳吃麵 zuó tiān wǒ zài nà jiā cān tīng chī miàn 昨天 = yesterday [adverb of time] 我 = I, me [subject] 在那家餐廳 在 = at, in, on [preposition] 【在 + place / location】 【在 + tempat / lokasi】 那 = that [itu] 家 = This time, the 家is a measure word for building, restaurant which means “a” or “an” If in a sentence using 家 regarding to person, it means family. [satuan kata hitung untuk bangunan, restoran yang berarti sebuah. Jika dalam kalimat menggunakan家 yang mengarah kepada orang, maka 家 artinya keluarga.] 餐廳 = restaurant [restoran] – place 吃 = eat [single verb] 麵 = noodle [object] 吃麵 = VO [verb + object] You can use this following pattern as an alternative [no need the preposition在.] Subject + Adverb [time] + 去+ adverb [place] + verb [single] + object. 我昨天去百貨公司買衣服。 I yesterday went to mall to buy a clothes. ...