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- "개구리가 설거지하고 있어."
"개구리가 설거지하고 있어."
Translation:The frog is doing the dishes.
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Yes, if you are a good guy you will get a frog someday, and if you kiss this frog it will turn into a prince or princess!
I think it should be the same right? Cus like what else could that possibly mean??
korea has the most intelligent talented animals on the planet... dogs and cats who can sing, dance and talk to each other in engligh/korean and now frogs who can do the dishes... what a magical land
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설거지 = the task of dishwashing (noun)
설거지하다 = to wash dishes (verb)
설거지하고 있다 = washing dishes (present progressive form of the verb)
It is a way to conjugate a verb and show that an action is being done contentiously over a period of time.
When a frog is more responsible than you... sighs... Well at least my mom would love him... Good job Mr. Frog
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Context and translator's choice.
There are no explicit definite/indefinite articles in Korean like there are in English.
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~하고 is also used to join and form compound verbs:
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설거지 = the task of dishwashing (noun)
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설거지하다 = to wash dishes (verb)
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설거지하고 있다 = washing dishes (present progressive form of the verb)
For the progressive or continuous tense when do you add 고 to the verb and when do you add 하고 ?
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You might be confusing a few things, let me know if I manage to hit the mark.
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~하고 is a postposition that you attach to nouns to indicate connectedness. This translates to "and" or "with".
- 저는 친구하고 먹어요 = "I eat with a friend."
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~고 is a postposition that you attach to verbs to indicate connectedness between verbs. This is equivalent to combining two sentences together and is common in forming more complicated forms of verbs.
- 여자는 여프고 똑똑해요 = "The woman is pretty and smart."
- 저는 공부하고 운동해어요 = "I study and exercise."
- Note that the word block 공부하고 is with by the verb stem 공부하 + 고.
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~고 있다 is an auxiliary verb that you attack to verbs to transform them into a new verb that is in the progressive tense. You then conjugate the new verb.
- 개가 수영하고 있어요 = "The dog is swimming."
- 저는 친구하고 공부하고 운동하고 있어요 = "I am studying and exercising with my friend."
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Note that position verbs (앉다 "to sit", 서다 "to stand", 눕다 "to lie down") have two progressive forms. The typical formation (~고 있다) is used to describe the momentary continuous action of being positioned ("in the act of sitting") while there is a special formation (Casual+있다) to describe the state of being in the position ("sitting").
- 저는 앉고 있어요 = "I am (in the process of) sitting."
- 저는 앉아 있어요 = "I am (currently) sitting."
