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Introduction
Becky: What are you doing? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask what someone is doing in Korean.
Body
Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'What are you doing?' in Korean.
Kyejin: [Normal] 뭐 하고 있어요?(mwo hago isseyo?)
Becky: First is a word meaning 'what '
Kyejin: [Normal] 뭐 [Slow] 뭐 (mwo )
Becky: Last is the phrase meaning 'are you doing?'
Kyejin: [Normal] 하고 있어요 [Slow] 하고 있어요(hago isseyo)
Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'What are you doing?'
Kyejin: [Slow] 뭐 하고 있어요? [Normal] 뭐 하고 있어요?
Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'What are you doing?'
Kyejin: [Normal] 뭐 하고 계십니까?(mwo hago gyesimnikka?)
Becky: First is a word meaning 'what '
Kyejin: [Normal] 뭐 [Slow] 뭐 (mwo )
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'are you doing'
Kyejin: [Normal] 하고 계십니까 [Slow] 하고 계십니까(hago gyesimnikka)
Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'What are you doing?'
Kyejin: [Slow] 뭐 하고 계십니까? [Normal] 뭐 하고 계십니까?
Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I am studying.'
Kyejin: [Normal] 공부하고 있어요.(gongbuhago isseoyo.)
Becky: First is a word meaning 'study'
Kyejin: [Normal] 공부 [Slow] 공부(gongbu)
Becky: Last is the phrase meaning 'I am doing'
Kyejin: [Normal] 하고 있어요 [Slow] 하고 있어요(hago isseoyo)
Becky: Listen again to the response, 'I am studying.'
Kyejin: [Slow] 공부하고 있어요. [Normal] 공부하고 있어요.
Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'I'm doing nothing special.'
Kyejin: [Normal] 그냥 있습니다.(geunyang itsseumnida.)
Becky: First is a word meaning 'just '
Kyejin: [Normal] 그냥 [Slow] 그냥 (geunyang )
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'is, am, are'
Kyejin: [Normal] 있습니다 [Slow] 있습니다(itsseumnida)
Becky: Listen again to the response, 'I'm doing nothing special.'
Kyejin: [Slow] 그냥 있습니다. [Normal] 그냥 있습니다.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Kyejin: 하다(hada) means "to do", and it’s a very useful word. You can make so many verbs by combining a noun with 하다. Many Korean nouns that indicate or describe an action or a behavior can be combined with 하다.

Outro

Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!

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