When must you put an "AN" before (student,table,chair,window etc..), and when it's not neccesary/needed? is it only after a number "3 AN chairs"?
The Answer:
AN usually is used before a noun. But it doesn't mean that whenever you use a noun, you put AN before it.So when do you use AN?
1. Between a number and a noun. E.g.liang zhang zhuozi.
2. Between zhei,(or na, or nei?) and a noun, such as zhei zhi gou.
3. between mei3 and noun. such as: mei ge ren.
The Answer: 對了，就是。
I'm not really sure what kind of verbs can appear before 在. I know there are: 住, 站, 坐, but there is also 降落 and I don't understand where is the connection between them all. Can 工作, for example, come before 在?
The Answer:
The basic idea is that when place word appears after verbs, it turns into place complement which is a kind of resultative complement.
Therefore you may understand like this: if that you stay in a place can be seen as a result of the action, then you can use 在+ place word after the verb. For example, 降落在特拉維夫, as the result of landing, you are now in Tel Aviv; or 坐在椅子上, as a result of sitting, you are now staying on the chair, etc. Therefore there is also a slight difference between the the case that 在 + place word appears before the verb and the case after it, While the former stresses in what place the action happens, the latter stresses where the subject is staying. As now you may understand that 工作 can not have the 在+ place word after it, because the meaning should be where you are working, not where you are staying.
In a higher level of the language, however, you may see the usage of 在+ place word after the verb. For example, in the past, Chinese communists encouraged people to go to work in Tibet, then you can see in newspaper titles like "工作 在 xi1zang4(Tibet)", stressing that he is living in Tibet now.
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