Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 37

我在看书I'm reading

Wǒ zài kàn shū

I'm reading chapter.

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我在看书— I'm reading

  1. 朋月yǒutiān, zàizuòshénme?What are you doing?
  2. 友天zàikànshū. ne?Reading. You?
  3. 朋月zhèngzàichīfàn.Eating right now.
  4. 友天xiǎobáine?And Xiao Bai?
  5. 朋月bìngle, zuòzhechá.She's sick — sitting and drinking tea.
  6. 友天mendōuzuòyàngdeshì.We're all doing different things.
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zài

adverbin the middle of (V)

zhèng

adverbright now

zhèngzài

expressionright now (V-ing)

zhe

auxiliary(continuous particle)

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(in 做过 = have done)

做过 zuò guo — have done
zhèng

right now

正在 zhèngzài — right now (V-ing)
zhe

(continuous)

matter (recall Bk1)

故事 gùshi — story同事 tóngshì — colleague
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zhèngright nowWriting

5 strokesstandalone

zhe(continuous)Writing

11 strokestop-bottom

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进行体 — 在 / 正在

Explanation

主语 + (正)在 + V = "subject is V-ing right now". 例: 我在看书 / 我正在吃饭. 否定: 没在 / 不在 + V.

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  • yǒutiān, zàizuòshénme?What are you doing?
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声母 zh, ch, sh 和韵母 erInitials zh, ch, sh and the Final er

声母 zh, ch, sh — Initials zh, ch, sh

This lesson teaches the retroflexes zh, ch, sh — tongue tip curled up toward the back of the roof of the mouth. No exact English equivalent; the audio is essential.

  • zh — roughly like "j" in "judge" but with the tongue curled back zhè · zhōng · zhī · zhù
  • ch — roughly like "ch" in "church" but with the tongue curled back chī · chá · chū · chàng
  • sh — roughly like "sh" in "shirt" but with the tongue curled back shì · shuō · shū · shí

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