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Pronunciation hints cover the 12 highlighted lines. They are approximate; listen to the original Korean too.
SCENE 01 / 04
The table is full. So is the welcome.
Mrs. Park serves breakfast: rice, soup, rolled omelet, and seaweed. Yuki looks at the full bowls and plates—and suddenly feels very hungry.
Mrs. Park
자, 식탁에 앉아요. 아침 식사 해요!
Come sit at the table. Let's have breakfast!
さあ、食卓に座って。朝ご飯を食べましょう！
Yuki
와, 그릇에 밥이 가득해요! 이 접시에도 음식이 많아요.
Wow, the bowl is full of rice! There's lots of food on this plate too.
わあ、お茶碗にご飯がいっぱいです！このお皿にも料理がたくさんあります。
wa, geureuse babi gadeukaeyo! i jeopsiedo eumsigi manayo.
Minji
반찬은 계란말이하고 김이에요. 따뜻한 국도 있어요.
The side dishes are rolled omelet and seaweed. There's warm soup too.
The story moves from breakfast to dinner. The tastes belong to different foods: spicy and sour kimchi, bland soup, and bitter coffee that turns sweet with sugar.
FROM THE EPISODE SCRIPT · LEARNING REPLAY
Cooking. Eating. Drinking water.
These three turns come from the episode script’s learning replay. The linked videos finish with six vocabulary cards and do not include this spoken replay. Practise these lines here after reading the story.
Mrs. Park
지금 요리하고 있어요. 밥은 여기 있어요.
I'm cooking now. The rice is here.
今、料理をしています。ご飯はここにあります。
Minji
유키 씨는 지금 밥을 먹고 있어요.
Yuki is eating now.
ユキさんは今、ご飯を食べています。
Yuki
김치가 매워요! 지금 물을 마시고 있어요.
The kimchi is spicy! I'm drinking water now.
キムチが辛いです！今、水を飲んでいます。
From an empty bowl to a happy, full stomach.
FROM THE STORY TO YOUR OWN WORDS
Bring this moment into words.
Use -고 있어요 to describe an action happening now.
01
At the table, a few words go a long way.
01FROM THE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE
잘 먹겠습니다!
Thank you for the meal!
A set phrase before eating, expressing appreciation for the meal. Learn it as a whole here; the ending -겠습니다 is not a grammar target for this episode.
Say that an action is in progress. At the table, someone is cooking, someone is eating, and someone is drinking.
BUILD THE FORMV stem + 고 있어요
먹다 → 먹 + 고 있어요 먹고 있어요
AN ACTION IN PROGRESS지금 밥을 먹고 있어요.
I am eating now.
Remove 다 from the dictionary form, then add 고 있어요. Keep a space between 고 and 있어요: 요리하다 → 요리하고 있어요; 마시다 → 마시고 있어요.
매일 아침 밥을 먹어요 describes a routine because of “every morning.” 지금 밥을 먹고 있어요 focuses on eating in progress. The simple present 먹어요 can also describe a present situation, depending on context.
Use action verbs in these examples. A taste is a state: 김치가 매워요 (“The kimchi is spicy”). Do not turn 맵다 into 매워고 있어요.
HAPPENING NOW
요리하고 있어요
요리하다 → 요리하고 있어요
FROM THE SCRIPT’S LEARNING REPLAY
지금 요리하고 있어요. 밥은 여기 있어요.
I'm cooking now. The rice is here.
요리하다 → 요리하 + 고 있어요. Keep 하 before 고; leave a space before 있어요.
Coffee is an exact sentence from the story. Cooking, eating, and water come from the script’s learning replay. “Every morning” and “Right now” are added comparison examples; they do not establish a character’s routine.
03
Check the form. Make it yours.
PRACTICE 01
Which word means “now”?___ 밥을 먹고 있어요.
Choose an answer to see why.
PRACTICE 02
Use 먹다 to describe eating in progress.유키 씨는 지금 밥을 ___.
Choose an answer to see why.
PRACTICE 03
Complete the sentence about drinking water now.지금 물을 ___.
Choose an answer to see why.
0 of 3 correct.
You found the form—and the meaning.
You described eating and drinking in progress with -고 있어요. 잘했어요!
