Lesson 9
Video and text
Listening and speaking
Vocabulary
Grammar exercises
Characters
Multiple choice
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Question: Your friend wants you to go out with him now. Tell
him that you are in the middle of having your meal and that you
will call him when you have finished it.
 Hint
1 Use the progressive aspect sentence pattern
Hint 2 S 正 在 V 着 O
呢
Answer 我 正 在 吃 着 饭 呢 ， 吃 完 饭 我 再 给 你 打 电 话 。 Listen
Comments
The progressive aspect sentence pattern S 正 在 V 着 O 呢
S
zhèng zài V zhe O ne is used to indicate
that an action is under way, as in 他 正 在 喝 着 酒 呢
tā zhèng zài hē zhe jiǔ ne
he is having a drink. Some of the elements in this sentence pattern can be omitted without changing the meaning of the sentence in colloquial usage:
| 他
tā |
在
zài |
喝 着
hē zhe |
酒
jiǔ |
呢
ne
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| 他
tā |
|
喝 着
hē zhe
|
酒
jiǔ |
呢
ne
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| 他
tā |
正 在
zhèng zài |
喝
hē |
酒
jiǔ |
呢
ne
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| 他
tā |
在
zài |
喝
hē |
酒
jiǔ |
呢
ne |
| 他
tā |
正
zhèng |
喝 着
hē zhe |
酒
jiǔ |
呢
ne |
| 他
tā |
|
喝
hē |
酒
jiǔ |
呢
ne |
| 他
tā |
正 在
zhèng zài |
喝 着
hē zhe |
酒
jiǔ |
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| 他
tā |
正 在
zhèng zài |
喝
hē |
酒
jiǔ |
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| 他
tā |
在
zài |
喝
hē |
酒
jiǔ |
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