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지금 화장해요.

I put on makeup now. / I'm put on makeuping now.

Explanation

This sentence means: “I put on makeup now. / I'm put on makeuping now..” Read the Hangul first without English, then check the gloss, then hide the English and reproduce the sentence aloud.

Focus word: 화장하다 (“put on makeup”). Find where it sits in the sentence and notice particles or endings attached to it.

Transformation drill: change one slot — time (오늘/내일), place (집/학교), or person (저/친구). Keep the same verb ending so you practice productive flexibility.

Listening drill: play audio if available, shadow immediately, then write the sentence from memory. Compare character-by-character — spacing mistakes count.

지금 화장해요. is taught here as “I put on makeup now. / I'm put on makeuping now..” Learners often stop at a flashcard gloss; real fluency needs collocations, speech level, and one or two sentences you can actually say today.

Listen to the Hangul, shadow it once slowly, then once at natural speed. If romanization helps the first day, turn it off the second day so your eyes lock onto 지금 화장해요., not Latin letters.

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When you can explain “지금 화장해요.” in one plain English sentence and produce one new Korean example without looking, you are ready to move on — then review again within 24 hours.

Examples

지금 화장해요. 있어요.

There is / I have I put on makeup now. / I'm put on makeuping now..

Existence/possession pattern with 있어요.

저는 지금 화장해요. 좋아해요.

I like I put on makeup now. / I'm put on makeuping now..

좋아하다 takes an object (often marked with 을/를 in longer sentences).

지금 화장해요. 뭐예요?

What is I put on makeup now. / I'm put on makeuping now.? / What about I put on makeup now. / I'm put on makeuping now.?

Casual curious question — keep 요 for polite speech.

Common mistakes

  • Copying romanization instead of Hangul into your notes — keep Hangul primary.
  • Changing too many slots at once so you cannot tell which edit broke the sentence.

How to practice

  1. Say the sentence → transform once → transform again.
  2. Add it to review in Chamelingo after signup so it reappears under spaced repetition.

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