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Study in the app →Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 39
还在吗 Still there?
Still there? chapter.
Dialogue
还在吗 — Still there?
- 朋月 友天, 你还在工作吗? Still working?
- 友天 都下班了, 我在看书. Already off work — I'm reading.
- 朋月 我还在. I'm still here.
- 友天 你常常忙吗? 太忙了! Always like this? Too busy!
- 朋月 是. 我常常工作到晚上. Yes. Often work into evening.
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 还 | hái | adv. | still |
| 已经 | yǐjīng | adv. | already |
| 常常 | chángcháng | adv. | often |
| 常 | cháng | adv. | often |
New characters
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Hanzi — writing & recognition
Grammar
还 / 已经 还 / 已经
还 + V = "still V-ing": 我还在工作. 已经 + V = "already V-ed": 都吃了. 常常 / 常 = often.
还 + V = "still V-ing": 我还在工作. 已经 + V = "already V-ed": 都吃了. 常常 / 常 = often.
- 友天, 你还在工作吗? Yǒu Tiān, nǐ hái zài gōngzuò ma? Still working?
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