Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

34 Talking about the present


Here are the expressions and structures most often used to indicate that a state exists at the
present time or that an action is occurring at the present time.

34.1 Time expressions that indicate present time


现在/現在 xiànzài ‘now’
你现在去哪儿?
你現在去哪兒?
Nǐ xiànzài qù nǎr?
Where are you going now?
目前 mùqián ‘at present’
他目前在学中文。
他目前在學中文。
Tā mùqián zài xué Zhōngwén.
He is presently studying Chinese.
今天 jīntiān ‘today’
他今天很忙。
Tā jīntiān hěn máng.
He is very busy today.
这个星期/這個星期 zhège xīngqī ‘this week’
or
这个礼拜/這個禮拜 zhège lǐbài ‘this week’
这个星期很冷。
這個星期很冷。
Zhège xīngqī hěn lěng.
This week it is very cold.
这个月/這個月 zhège yuè ‘this month’
她这个月在纽约。
她這個月在紐約。
Tā zhège yuè zài Niǔyuē.
She is in New York this month.
今年 jīnnián ‘this year’
今年是二零一四年。
Jīnnián shì èr líng yī sì nián.
This year is 2014. (It’s 2014.)

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