About This Lesson
Use Basic actions happening now to practice Korean conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
뭐 하고 있어요?
mwuh hah-GOH iss-uh-YOH? What are you doing?
B
저는 지금 먹고 있어요.
juh-nuhn jee-GUHM muhk-GOH iss-uh-YOH. I am eating now.
A
저는 물을 마시고 있어요.
juh-nuhn MOO-ruhl mah-SHEE-goh iss-uh-YOH. I am drinking water.
B
저는 저녁을 만들고 있어요.
juh-nuhn juh-NYUH-guhl mahn-DUHL-goh iss-uh-YOH. I am making dinner.
A
저는 제 방을 청소하고 있어요.
juh-nuhn jeh bahng-uhl CHUHNG-soh-hah-GOH iss-uh-YOH. I am cleaning my room.
B
저는 샤워하고 있어요.
juh-nuhn SHAH-wuh-hah-GOH iss-uh-YOH. I am taking a shower.Word by Word
뭐
뭐 means “what” in “뭐 하고 있어요?”, asking which action the other person is doing. It is used when the speaker does not know the activity. A practical use is asking someone about their activity right now.
하고
하고 is the action part meaning “doing” in “뭐 하고 있어요?”. Its current-action meaning comes from appearing before 있어요 in this expression. It is useful when asking or answering about an activity in progress.
있어요
있어요 completes the polite current-action expression in “뭐 하고 있어요?” and “먹고 있어요”. Here it helps present the action as happening now. Use it when politely asking or answering what someone is doing.
저는
저는 means “as for me” or “I” as the topic in “저는 지금 먹고 있어요.” It places the speaker before the action being described. Use it when answering about your own activity.
지금
지금 means “now” in “저는 지금 먹고 있어요.” It specifies that the action is happening at the present time. Use it before an activity when you want to clarify that it is happening now.
먹고
먹고 means “eating” as part of the current-action expression in “저는 지금 먹고 있어요.” It appears before 있어요 to describe eating as the activity in progress. Use it when telling someone that you are eating.
물을
물을 means “water” as the object in “저는 물을 마시고 있어요.” The ending 을 marks water as what is being drunk, so it comes before the drinking expression. Use it when stating that water is the thing you are drinking.
마시고
마시고 means “drinking” as part of the current-action expression in “저는 물을 마시고 있어요.” It appears before 있어요 to show that drinking is happening now. Use it when telling someone what you are doing while drinking.
저녁을
저녁을 means “dinner” as the object in “저는 저녁을 만들고 있어요.” The ending 을 marks dinner as what is being made. Use it when explaining that dinner is the thing you are preparing.
만들고
만들고 means “making” as part of the current-action expression in “저는 저녁을 만들고 있어요.” It appears before 있어요 to describe making dinner as an action in progress. Use it when telling someone that you are preparing something.
제
제 means “my” in “제 방을 청소하고 있어요.” It identifies the room as belonging to the speaker and comes before the noun 방. Use it before a noun when identifying something as the speaker’s.
방을
방을 means “room” as the object in “저는 제 방을 청소하고 있어요.” The ending 을 marks the room as what is being cleaned. Use it when describing cleaning a room.
청소하고
청소하고 means “cleaning” as part of the current-action expression in “저는 제 방을 청소하고 있어요.” It appears before 있어요 to describe cleaning as the action happening now. Use it when telling someone that you are doing cleaning work.
샤워하고
샤워하고 means “taking a shower” as part of the current-action expression in “저는 샤워하고 있어요.” It appears before 있어요 to show that the shower is happening now. Use it when answering what you are doing while taking a shower.
Grammar Points
-고 있어요
지금 물을 마시고 있어요.
jee-GUHM MOO-ruhl mah-SHEE-goh iss-uh-YOH.I am drinking water now.
Attach -고 있어요 to a verb stem to say that an action is in progress.
을/를
저녁을 만들고 있어요.
juh-NYUH-guhl mahn-DUHL-goh iss-uh-YOH.I am making dinner.
을/를 marks the object of the action; use 을 after a consonant and 를 after a vowel.
Korean Vocabulary
마시고 있어요
verb
mah-SHEE-goh iss-uh-YOH
am drinking
저는 물을 마시고 있어요.
만들고 있어요
verb
mahn-DUHL-goh iss-uh-YOH
am making
저는 저녁을 만들고 있어요.
먹고 있어요
verb
muhk-GOH iss-uh-YOH
am eating
저는 지금 먹고 있어요.
물을
noun
MOO-ruhl
water
저는 물을 마시고 있어요.
뭐
pron
mwuh
what
뭐 하고 있어요?
방을
noun
bahng-uhl
room
저는 제 방을 청소하고 있어요.
저녁을
noun
juh-NYUH-guhl
dinner
저는 저녁을 만들고 있어요.
저는
pron
juh-NUHN
I
저는 지금 먹고 있어요.
제
det
jeh
my
저는 제 방을 청소하고 있어요.
지금
adv
jee-GUHM
now
저는 지금 먹고 있어요.
청소하고 있어요
verb
CHUHNG-soh-hah-GOH iss-uh-YOH
am cleaning
저는 제 방을 청소하고 있어요.
하고 있어요
verb
hah-GOH iss-uh-YOH
are doing
뭐 하고 있어요?
Quiz
Word Order
Arrange the words in the correct order.
What are you doing?
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뭐 하고 있어요?I am eating now.
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저는 지금 먹고 있어요.I am drinking water.
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저는 물을 마시고 있어요.Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
now
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지금water
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물을I
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저는dinner