A2

在 for Progressive

正在进行

About this concept

在/正在 + verb for action in progress: 我在吃饭 (I'm eating). Often with sentence-final 呢. Similar to English '-ing'.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level A2.

Examples

他在睡觉。He is sleeping.
你在做什么呢?What are you doing?
我正在学中文。I'm studying Chinese.
外面在下雨。It's raining outside.

Prerequisite

Common VerbsA1

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