wǒmen zài zhège rènao de bāoxiāng lǐ lúnliú diǎngē.

We take turns choosing songs in this lively private room.

Breakdown of wǒmen zài zhège rènao de bāoxiāng lǐ lúnliú diǎngē.

• 我们wǒmen: we
• 在zài: at
• 的de: structural particle
• 这个zhège: this

Questions & Answers about wǒmen zài zhège rènao de bāoxiāng lǐ lúnliú diǎngē.

What is the basic grammar pattern of this sentence?

A useful way to see it is:

我们 + 在这个热闹的包厢里 + 轮流 + 点歌

That is:

• 我们 = subject, we
• 在这个热闹的包厢里 = location, in this lively private room
• 轮流 = manner, taking turns
• 点歌 = main action, choose/request songs

So the overall pattern is:

Subject + location + manner/adverb + verb

This is very common in Mandarin.

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Why does the sentence use both 在 and 里? Don’t they both mean location?

They both relate to location, but they do different jobs.

• 在 marks where the action happens: at / in
• 里 means inside

So:

• 在这个包厢里 = in this private room
• literally, something like at this private room’s inside

In natural English we would not say it that way, but in Mandarin this combination is very normal.

Also, 里 is sometimes optional:

• 我们在这个热闹的包厢里轮流点歌。
• 我们在这个热闹的包厢轮流点歌。

Both can work, though 里 makes the sense of inside the room more explicit.

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What is 的 doing in 热闹的包厢?