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present tense 2 ~고 있다

# Posted: 5 Jul 2009 00:29 KST - Edited by: _joseph_
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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
This is used for what you are doing now.

거품목욕을 하고 있는 중
taking a bubble bath

What are you doing? 뭐하고 있어?
I am washing the dishes 나는 설거지를 하고 있어.

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There are two ways of expressing negatives and 안~ form which is more convenient to use is more common than the other.

Written Form	Plain Form	Present Continuous
Positive	먹다	먹고 있다
Negative	먹지 않다 안 먹다	먹지 않고 있다 안 먹고 있다

Written Form	Past	Past Continuous
Positive	먹었다	먹고 있었다
Negative	먹지 않았다 안 먹었다	먹지 않고 있었다 안 먹고 있었다

Rules
Take 다 off and add 고 있다 for the positive form and 지 않고 있다 for the negative form.

Note: Replace 다 with 어/아 to change a written form to its spoken form.

Eg.

쓰다 → 쓰고 있다 = is writing
피터는 책을 쓰고 있다 = Peter is writing a book.

듣다 → 듣고 있다 = is listening
폴은 설교를 듣고 있다 = Paul is listening to a sermon

나는 점심을 먹고 있어 = I am eating lunch
줄리아는 안 달리고 있어 = Julia is not running

아기는 자지 않고 있었다 = The baby was not sleeping
영근 근위병은 버킹엄 궁전앞에서 계속 서고 있었다 = The English guardsman was standing continuously in front of the Buckingham Palace.

Spoken Form

Spoken Form	Present Continuous	Past Continuous
Positive	먹고 있어	먹고 있었어
Negative	먹지 않고 있어 안 먹고 있어	먹지 않고 있었어 안 먹고 있었어

Formal Form

While the spoken form above is used between close friends or when older people are talking to younger people in informal situations. The formal form is used commonly between adults, by people in formal situations or when younger people are speaking to older people.

● Just add 요 at the end of a sentence.

Formal Spoken Form	Present Continuous	Past Continuous
Positive	먹고 있어요	먹고 있었어요
Negative	먹지 않고 있어요 안 먹고 있어요	먹지 않고 있었어요 안 먹고 있었어요

● Formal Spoken Form → Formal Written Form
Rule: 어요 changes to 습니다

Formal Written Form	Present Continuous	Past Continuous
Positive	먹고 있습니다	먹고 있었습니다
Negative	먹지 않고 있습니다 안 먹고 있습니다	먹지 않고 있었습니다 안 먹고 있었습니다

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