Everyday Korean · one useful step · LESSON 3 / 4
Ask what someone is doing
Ask what someone is doing.
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You want to know what your friend is doing right now.
지금 뭐 하고 있어요?
What are you doing right now?
Notice the pattern
Use 뭐 하고 있어요? to ask about an action in progress. In this conversation, 지금 helps distinguish the current activity from a routine.
Try it yourself
Ask about what your friend is doing right now.
Build the Korean sentence: “What are you doing right now?”
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Say it in your own time.
Say the key sentence without looking, then adapt one detail for your own situation.
지금 뭐 하고 있어요?
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