洗手间在哪里？
Where is the bathroom?
Day 6 of 57 · Week 1 · Mandarin operating system
Build a request
Use 我要 / 我想要 with five objects. Turn a statement into a yes-no question with 吗.
Start with the guided teaching
Move from a memorized introduction to recognizing the question that comes next.
A question word replaces the missing information. 你是美国人 is “you are American.” 你是哪里人 asks “you are a person from where?” Keep the word 哪里 in that slot.
Introduce yourself and catch a question — complete guided explanation
Do the work in five passes
- Listen and pronounce — 25 min · shadow 6 phrases; compare a recording.
- Read and recognize — 25 min · complete the guided teaching, then read today’s words.
- Build and speak — 25 min · build a guided request; then make 10 variations.
- Solve a situation — 25 min · practice both sides, then hide the hints.
- Retrieve and review — 20–80 min · due review, quizzes, and a spoken recap.
Completion records effort; quiz results measure recognition. Neither proves conversational fluency. Use the interactive trainer for review scheduling and saved progress.
Today’s sentence machinery
Where is it?
Place + 在哪里 / 在哪儿. The unknown location stays where a location would normally go.
Bathroom + located + where?
Your language for today
一百
One hundred
one + hundred
一千
One thousand
one + thousand
一万
Ten thousand
one + ten-thousand
两个人
Two people
two + measure + people
现在几点？
What time is it now?
now + how-many + o'clock
三点半。
Half past three.
three + o'clock + half
早上八点。
Eight in the morning.
morning + eight + o'clock
下午两点。
Two in the afternoon.
afternoon + two + o'clock
今天
Today
this + day
Practice the situation
Restaurant
You want a meal, need to check spice, and then pay.
你想吃什么？
What would you like to eat?
A useful response
我要饺子。
Order the dumplings.
要辣的吗？
Would you like the spicy version?
A useful response
不要辣。
Decline the spicy version.
还需要什么？
Do you need anything else?
A useful response
我想要一杯水。
Ask for a glass of water.
吃完了吗？
Have you finished eating?
A useful response
买单，谢谢。
Ask for the bill.
Outside the trainer: spend 10–20 minutes repeating these exchanges with a Mandarin speaker when available. Ask them to change one reply so you must listen. Fixed audio and scenarios cannot reproduce every real conversation.