zài

Usages of zài

 现在xiànzài zài 学习xuéxí netā xiànzài zài xuéxí ne.
She is studying now.
 zài zuò zhè  matā zài zuò zhè gè ma?
Is he doing this?
 zài zuò 什么shénmenǐ zài zuò shénme?
What are you doing?
 méi 看见kànjiàn , 因为yīnwèi  一直yìzhí zài  电话diànhuàtā méi kànjiàn wǒ, yīnwèi tā yìzhí zài dǎ diànhuà.
He didn't see me because he was on the phone the whole time.
我们wǒmen 一直yìzhí zài 学习xuéxí, 下午xiàwǔ cái chī 午饭wǔfànwǒmen yìzhí zài xuéxí, xiàwǔ cái chī wǔfàn.
We were studying the whole time and only ate lunch in the afternoon.
 lián 午饭wǔfàn dōu méi chī, 因为yīnwèi 一直yìzhí zài 开会kāihuìTā lián wǔfàn dōu méi chī, yīnwèi yìzhí zài kāihuì.
He didn’t even eat lunch because he was in meetings the whole time.
夏天xiàtiān de 晚上wǎnshang, 公园gōngyuán  hěn duō rén  xiǎng 一直yìzhí zài kāi zhe 空调kōngtiáo de 房间fángjiān , 而是érshì xiǎng 出来chūlái 散步sànbùxiàtiān de wǎnshang, gōngyuán lǐ hěn duō rén bù xiǎng yìzhí zài kāi zhe kōngtiáo de fángjiān lǐ, érshì xiǎng chūlái sànbù.
On summer evenings, many people in the park don’t want to stay in air‑conditioned rooms; instead, they want to come out for a walk.
书店shūdiàn 今天jīntiān 很多hěnduō shū dōu zài 打折dǎzhéshūdiàn jīntiān hěnduō shū dōu zài dǎzhé.
Many books are on sale at the bookstore today.
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