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My son works in Berlin
==Schatten==
He lives in 32, Schatten street
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This is his telephone number: 4752708
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Thank you
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==liliθ==
This is my friend. her name is Lilith Moon
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She studies in London
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==King==
She lives there, at #47 King road
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==dʒoŋson==
May I ask, Mr.Johnson, where do you work?
I work in Cambridge
Where do you live?
I live in Cambridge, too
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Thank you
==dʒoŋ==
John, where do you live?
==New York==
I live in New York
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==New York==
Does your wife live in New York as well?
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No, she lives in Rome
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Do you have children?
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We have two daughters, they live in Rome too
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we: "I"+"I" / you: "thee"+"thee" / they: "it/she/he"+"it/she/he"
==Schatten==
In this case the location complement is placed after the verb ("lives in..."). The usual form, with the verb in the end, is more correct but could create confusion when reading, due to the length of the complement.
Also note that when there are several items, the order is from "big" to "small". This is obvious here for the addresses (first the city, then the street, then the house number, then the room number) and will appear in next units for dates (year, month, day).
There aren't particular respect form in the pronouns
Usually 'telephone' ("dian4 hua4") in chinese is used also to refer to the phone number. Not so in MG.
==X==
Titles precede names, instead than following.
==New York==
MediaGlyphs is more strict than Chinese with the position of indirect complements
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