Lesson Twenty-Seven: That Book! (Part One)

Ｗelcome back to another exciting lesson on Zhongwen Study, today we have a brand new and exciting lesson for you to study.
I really think everyone will learn a lot from this lesson so get ready to start cramming all of this Chinese learning into your brain.
This conversation between Jenny and Bob starts after Bob leaves his book on the table in the library to go to the washroom only to come back and find out someone else is reading it.


Jenny: 我在讀那一本書。　　Wo3  Zai4  Du2  Na4  Yi1  Ben3  Shu1
Bob: 對不起，　我不知道你在讀這一本書。      Dui4  Bu4  Qi3,        Wo3  Bu4  Zhi1  Doa4  Ni3  Zai4  Du2  Zhe4 Yi1  Ben3  Shu1


Well let us get on with the translations.
If you see the word 在 ( Zai4 ) ( it means Action Currently In Progress ) now 在 has no individual meaning by itself as it just indicates that you or someone else are currently doing something. So when translation sentences in Chinese always look for the verb that will show what 在 is pointing to.

讀 ( Du2 ) ( it means To Read ) This is a important word to know however, there are other words that can be used in its place. But do not worry as this is one of the commonly used words.

那 ( Na4 ) ( it means That ) This word is used almost in the same way it is in English so don't worry about this one.

Next lesson we will study some more of these sentences.
See you all next time on Zhongwen Study 中文學習。