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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 39

还在吗Still there?

Hái zài ma

Say something is still going on, already done or done often, with 还, 已经 and 常常.

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还在吗— Still there?

  1. 朋月友yǒu天tiān, 你nǐ还hái在zài工gōng作zuò吗ma?Still working?
  2. 友天我wǒ已yǐ经jīng下xià班bān了le. 我wǒ在zài看kàn书shū.I've already finished work. I'm reading.
  3. 朋月我wǒ还hái在zài工gōng作zuò.I'm still working.
  4. 友天你nǐ常cháng常cháng很hěn忙máng吗ma?Are you often this busy?
  5. 朋月是shì. 我wǒ常cháng常cháng工gōng作zuò到dào晚wǎn上shàng.Yes. Often work into evening.

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现在已经九点了— It's already nine

  1. 小白友yǒu天tiān, 你nǐ还hái在zài学xué校xiào吗ma?You Tian, are you still at school?
  2. 友天不bú在zài, 我wǒ已yǐ经jīng回huí到dào家jiā了le. 你nǐ呢ne?No, I'm already home. And you?
  3. 小白我wǒ还hái在zài图tú书shū馆guǎn. 我wǒ常cháng常cháng来lái这zhè儿ér看kàn书shū.I'm still at the library. I often come here to read.
  4. 友天现xiàn在zài已yǐ经jīng九jiǔ点diǎn了le!It's already nine o'clock!
  5. 小白有yǒu时shí候hòu我wǒ十shí点diǎn回huí家jiā. 今jīn天tiān一yí会huì儿er就jiù回huí去qù.Sometimes I go home at ten. Today I'm heading back in a little while.

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还hái

adverbstill

已yǐ经jīng

adverbalready

常cháng常cháng

adverboften

常cháng

adverboften

有yǒu时shí候hòu

adverbsometimes

一yí会huì儿er

nouna little while

回huí到dào

verbto get back to

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常cháng

often; usually; constant

常常 chángcháng — often经常 jīngcháng — often; frequently
已yǐ

(in 已经 = already)

已经 yǐjīng — already
经jīng

(in 经常 = often; 经过 = pass through)

已经 yǐjīng — already经常 jīngcháng — often; frequently经理 jīnglǐ — manager

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Still, already, often: 还 / 已经 / 常常

Explanation

还 means still: the action hasn't stopped. 我还在工作 (I'm still working). 已经 means already: it's done, and the sentence usually ends with 了. 我已经下班了 (I've already finished work). 常常 means often: 他常常工作到晚上 (he often works until the evening). 有时候 means sometimes. It goes before the verb or at the very start: 有时候我十点回家 (sometimes I go home at ten).

Examples

  • 我wǒ还hái在zài工gōng作zuò.I'm still working.
  • 我wǒ已yǐ经jīng下xià班bān了le.I've already finished work.
  • 我wǒ已yǐ经jīng吃chī饭fàn了le.I've already eaten.
  • 他tā常cháng常cháng工gōng作zuò到dào晚wǎn上shàng.He often works until the evening.

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Verb + 到 + a time or place

Explanation

到 after a verb says how long it goes on: 我工作到晚上 (I work until the evening). A place can follow too, to say where you got to: 我回到家了 (I got home).

Examples

  • 我wǒ常cháng常cháng工gōng作zuò到dào晚wǎn上shàng.I often work until the evening.
  • 他tā看kàn书shū到dào十shí点diǎn.He reads until ten.
  • 我wǒ已yǐ经jīng回huí到dào家jiā了le.I'm already home.

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