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... Grammar Lesson: ... An action undergoes stages. It may yet be in progress or it may have ... completed. In written sentences* an adverb (such as - "zhèngzài" or "zài") ... is added before the verb to show that the action is still in progress. The ... above sentence, however, we designed to be oral - spoken (you would ... not see this sentence written in a book the way we have it written here), ... therefore, according to Chinese custom, this oral version uses "yào" ... instead of "zhèngzài" or "zài" - which are reserved for the written form ... of this sentence: ... "Wǒ zài xiànzài líkāi le. Zàijiàn!" ... *(sentences designed for text, such as newspapers, books, etc.) |