What does the Chinese Character 着 stand for?

[丹尼尔]

I have a question about the chinese character 着。

Sometimes I see the character 着 after a verb.

This morning I stumpled upno the sentence: 王老师在教师里说着话。

I guess it would also be possible to just say 王老师在教师里说话。

What is the difference of those two sentences? Is the 着 mandatory here ?

greetz, 丹尼尔

[lookforuu]

Generally it means the action is continuous at the specific moment.

[Sly14Cat]

So referring to an action that you're doing at this moment?

Would it be used in a phrase such as "I am running" then?

[Pinutile]

  On 9/25/2014 at 2:14 PM, Sly14Cat said:

So referring to an action that you're doing at this moment?

Would it be used in a phrase such as "I am running" then?

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no, for "i'm running", you say "我正在跑"

 

[linguaholic]

  On 12/3/2015 at 4:46 PM, Pinutile said:

no, for "i'm running", you say "我正在跑"

 

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agreed

[atanas.velikov]

Can someone show me the chinese characters for faith, hope and love please. I want to paint them on my wall but don't want to put something ridiculous on there

[Pinutile]

  On 12/5/2015 at 6:08 PM, atanas.velikov said:

Can someone show me the chinese characters for faith, hope and love please. I want to paint them on my wall but don't want to put something ridiculous on there

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in simplified character(used in mainland China)：信，望，爱

in traditional character(used in Taiwan and Honkong)：信 望 愛