"My home is in Beijing."

Translation: 我的家在北京。

[soyunpenguino]

北= North
京= Capital
北京= Beijing, or literally "Northern Capital" [of China]

東= East
京= Capital
東京= Tokyo or literally "Eastern Capital" [of Japan]

[stephen_zissou]

Would it be correct to say 我的家在北京里？I was marked wrong for that. Would you not use 里 for "in" a city?

[Grammar_is_hard]

You don't need 里 because 在 already means "located [in/at]". It doesn't have a direct English translation.

[KisoDannete]

我家在北京 should also be okay

[thazrail]

I have a problem
If i talk about a person i have to use "shì" then say the place and add 'rén'
And this would make the person lives in X place

But talking about a home i had to use ' zhu zai'

Confuses me a bit

[GryTea]

是+place+人 literally means "be place-person," meaning "be (a) place-ese." This implies the person is from the place but doesn't necessarily live in the place.

[chiamacantare]

Can we say in usual conversation 我的家是北京 instead of 我的家在北京 ????

[jordanahh]

Of course not! If 「我的家是北京」, the whole Beijing(or called “Peking”) would be your home.

[whsndstalb]

If you want to say beijing is your home, you say 「北京是我的家園」or 「北京是我的家」，not the other way 'round.

[Richard405457]

It says that
我家在北京
And
我的家在北京
Are correct.
I was under the understanding that 我家 was "my home" and 我的家 was "my family".... is that not true?

[RachelSpn]

家 means both home and family. The 的 can be droped because of closeness. If you are very close to someone/thing, you can drop the 的. For example; 我媽媽, (my mum) 我爸爸, (my dad) 我姐姐, (my elder sister) and 我弟弟.

[MicahHeyer]

Does 在 function as its own verb? It looks like I don't say 是在。

[soyunpenguino]

Yes, it functions as a verb. Think of the word 「在」as "is/are [located] at".

[NormalBrai]

在 should be pronounced zai and not huai