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WoAiJolinTsai -

1) For example... a friend calls me on the phone and asks "What are you doing?" And I want to
reply "I'm walking to the store"

How would I say this? "I'm walking to the store"

2) "I'm getting ready to...." (go out / play basketball / go to class)

3) "I am just about to.." (go, leave, start)

4) If you ask someone a question and they ask why.. and you want to say "Just wondering"



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semantic nuance -

1. 我正要走進一家店.
2.我準備要...
3. 我正好要...
4. 只是好奇.

Hope it helps!










Koneko -

Verbally, I would normally make them more succinct.
You may also consider the followings:-

1. 正要進家店。
2. 正準備...(外出/打球/上课)
3. 正要...
4. 问问罢了。

K.










WoAiJolinTsai -

OK... so what's the difference between 正 and 正在 。

Could I just as well replace your 正's with 正在's. For example
我正在要走進一家店.

正在準備...

Thanks










Koneko -

正 = just; just about
正在 = (verb) + ing

我正要走進一家店
I am just about to get into a shop

我正在要走進一家店 *
I am getting into a shop

* To me, this sentence sounds a bit weird.

K.










DrZero -

Could somebody do those in pinyin?










weiweiguan -

1)wo zheng yao zou jin yi jia dian.
2)wo zhun bei yao~~~(chu qu/da lan qiu/qu shang ke)
3)wo zheng hao yao (qu/zou/kai shi)
4)wen wen ba le
maybe that can help you ,i am a chinese girl.you can contact with me
my msn:gwhandnrg@msn.com skype:weiweiguan2










flameproof -



Quote:

Could somebody do those in pinyin?

Get wakan and you get the popup pinyin. I just loaded it to check the characters here.

http://wakan.manga.cz/










ziyi star -

weiweiguan



Quote:

1)wo zheng yao zou jin yi jia dian.


wouldn't the first one be: 'wô zhèng yào jìn yï jiä diàn' without the 'zou' ??










weiweiguan -

yes.you are right.i make a mistake,"zou"is not needed.












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