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deanw

Posted on: An Introduction!
December 03, 2010, 10:41 PM

What are phonetic and phonemic tones?

Posted on: The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: How We Verb
November 28, 2010, 08:54 PM

Could you write in English what you are trying to say.

Posted on: The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: How We Verb
November 27, 2010, 12:03 PM

I am not an expert on this but I don't think you can use 着 here. The phrase I recall hearing is that the verb + 着 provides a 'durative background' for the second verb. So the first verb has to be a verb that has 'duration'. 走 doesn't seem to me to be such a verb, as 'leaving' is not an ongoing event. But I could be wrong there. I wish I could provide an alternative sentence, but I am drawing a blank. Perhaps the same sentence without the 着 would work.