elementary · 무료인터랙티브 레슨

고 있어요 vs 아요/어요

설명

Plain 아요/어요 often covers present habits and current actions without progressive.

-고 있어요 stresses ongoing action: 지금 공부하고 있어요.

English progressive does not always force -고 있다: 살아요 can mean “I live.”

Mistake: 지금 먹어요 vs 먹고 있어요: both can work; pick progressive when duration/ongoingness matters.

Level: elementary. Read both sides of the contrast, say the examples out loud, then write one correct and one incorrect sentence and fix it.

Cross-link: open the related grammar or tools page the same day so the fix sticks in your study graph.

한국어를 공부해요.

I study Korean. / I’m studying Korean.

지금 밥을 먹고 있어요.

I’m eating right now.

Translating the English pair word-for-word without checking which Korean form carries the real distinction.
Treating the two forms as free synonyms after memorizing only one example.

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