"저는 먹으면서 노래합니다."

Translation: I sing while I eat.

[habibaellamey]

"I sing while I am eating" why I got it wrong?

[Ash7nvy]

For me "I sing while eating" is correct.

[Yeondk_]

Then the sentence would be 저는 노래를 부르면서 먹습니다. I think it's because you placebthe words in different places

[Hanzo_Ergo]

Its got do with the eat part, you write eating instead of while i eat.

[Alicia922233]

Why isnt i eat while i sing

[seonni]

Singing is the main verb there, being the last one and with the -합니다 ending. Eat is followed by -으면서, therefore an auxiliary verb to express when the main verb happens.

[FirdausJuzup]

Thank

[scrz]

If you translate word by word it says: "I while eating am singing"

[Madu282290]

Because the 'while' part is attached to eat, not to sing

[miloberrie]

thank you so much i understand it now thanks to you

[Madu282290]

Because the 'while' part is attached to eat, not to sing

[choco_latte222]

i sing while i eat,then i chOke to death, y'all invited to my funeral feast but DoN't sing ya aSs out

[Park_Arine4]

Lmao hahaha that's funny

[lauren.milner]

I have always thought of "면서" as "when." Is that wrong?

[wintertriangles]

Depends. In this sentence, it'd mean the same thing in English. Otherwise, it's definitely not "when". 면서 is used when two things are going on at the same time.

[nleconte]

(and the subjects are the same)

[jody2457]

I noticed one example was '면', and not ''면서' after the verb. Are you saying that if there is only one action happening the former is used? [저는 법을 먹면 행븍합니다]
Being happy isn't really good an action.

[seokjinthegreat]

"(으)면서" is "while"

[mikimi0]

why not I sing while eat

[jahz08]

In the tips it said 으면 meant if?

[Wang_Jackson]

(으)면 means if and (으)면서 means while and DO NOT get it confused with 다면서 form!

[KookieBTSARMY101]

Yeah, that's right.. :/

[WaiYanMoe1]

It should be " I sing while I am eating ". I think my answer shouldn't have got wrong.

[angiebordoli]

Why can't I say 저는 먹으면 노래합니다? Why 면서 and not just 면?

[mhin1]

The ~(으)면 formation translates to "if": it is a conditional statement.

The ~(으)면서 formation translate to "while": it is a statement that two actions are happening simultaneously.

저는 먹으면 노래합니다 = If I eat, I sing.
저는 먹으면서 노래합니다 = I sing while I eat.

[sunnytae2021]

I sing while eating OK.

[PSTbM0]

Don't have 'eating'

[LYOYDr]

As per usual I hesitated, thought further and changed the word order to 'while I eat I sing'. It is accepted; my thoughts are currently that the singing is secondary to the eating & that word order should reflect this priority.

[talynnn]

ugh I just didn't put 'I' and it marked me wrong ._.

[ph.PyjyCU]

What is the meaning of 면. Why do they add it in some words??