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          Henry
        
      
      Date : 2008-09-27 / 12:10AM
      
        hello benny, nin hao!
I would like to ask- can i say wo3 xian4 zai4 zai4 xue2 xi2 instead of wo3 zheng4 zai4 xue2 xi2?
       
      
      
        
        
          
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        |  |  | | damaohouzi yahoo.com 2008-09-27 / 10:59AM
 |  |  |  | regarding“I would like to ask- can i say wo3 xian4 zai4 zai4 xue2 xi2 instead of wo3 zheng4 zai4 xue2 xi2?”
 I am curious as to what you are trying to say? why not use 汉字。 i can think of numerous interpretations. if you are using 现在as a temporal adverb it could precede the personal pronoun. by xie2xi2 do you mean “to study”. if by zai4 you mean 在 it usually preposes a locative phrase, whereas  xie2xi2, if you mean ’to study", is a verb phrase. why not 现在我正在学习leaving out 正,在,呢 and 着 does occur but is not proper grammar.
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        | | Chinese Mandarin : Registered on : 2007-01-01Language : English, Mandarin ChinesePosts : 0Responses : 2359Comments : 75 | 
 |  | | Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 2008-09-27 / 10:41PM
 |  |  |  | Hi Henry, you can use both of them, but the second is better as it’s easier to be understood. “zhèng zài” is already indicate “now” Benny 
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