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How do you say this in Simplified Chinese (China)? What’s the difference between 在 and 正在?
How do you say this in Simplified Chinese (China)? What’s the difference between 在 and 正在?
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在 means at
at school at home
正在 means verb add ing.
looking , thinking , finding , learning.
- Simplified Chinese (China)
正在mainly express you are doing now,like 我正在吃饭,在means at somewhere or what you do ,like 我在门口or我在吃饭,在express the whole action,正在express the particular moment
- Simplified Chinese (China)
When they are all adverbs, they have the same meaning.
Only 在 could be preposition.
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