“你在哪里？” “我在一个朋友家。”

"Where were you?" "I was at a friend's house."

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 你在哪里 nǐzàinǎlǐ where are you?
2 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
3 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
=4 一个 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=4 一个 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
=5 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: 個, 位
=5 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers
=6 家 jiā used in 家伙 jiāhuo and 家俱 jiājù
=6 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個
=6 家 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)