"我们的酒店在哪儿？"
Translation:Where is our hotel?
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A little comprehension question(Testing myself)
Being said the same, are this two ways of writing correct?
我们的酒店在哪儿？ = Where is our hotel?
我们的酒店在那儿？= Is our hotel there?
The difference in the correct pronunciation is is unmistakable. "哪儿" is third-tone, and "那儿" is fourth tone.
Strictly speaking, "Is our hotel there?" needs a question particle: "我们的酒店在那儿吗？"
However, "我们的酒店在那儿？", spoken with the right intonation, can be equivalent to "Our hotel is there?", though you could also put an "啊" at the end.
那 is a statement. 哪 is a question. "There" vs "where?"
If you just said 那儿 you would need 吗 on the end.
Also, there isn't really intonation in Chinese, but if the context is known, then your audience would know whether or not "我们的酒店在那儿?" is a question most likely
That may be, but in my experience, in the given context those who don't say "哪儿" say "哪里".
Native speaker from Taiwan here. "哪里"(trad. 哪裡) is more common than "哪儿"(trad. 哪兒) here, but "我们的酒店在哪？" sounds correct to me (It's casual, though).
Because of the early association of lodgings with places to eat and drink. It's like the word "tavern" in English, which has been used to mean "establishment selling alcoholic drinks" and "establishment providing lodging".
