Learn how to ask "What are you doing?"
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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 |
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| 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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