What does 고 있어 mean?
고 있어 means "am currently doing it; am currently in that state" in Korean.
How it works here
‘-고 있다’ shows that the action or state is continuing now. Here, ‘만나고 있어’ describes an ongoing relationship.
Key expression
-고 있다
To be in the middle of or continue an action or state
Attached to a verb stem to indicate progress or continuation. Depending on the context, it can show not only an action in progress but also an ongoing current state. It does not attach to adjectives (*예쁘고 있다, “to be pretty” in progress). With verbs such as 입다, 쓰다, and 알다, as in ‘입고 있다’, ‘쓰고 있다’, and ‘알고 있다’, it can also mean that the resulting state continues.
When it's used
Used when an action is in progress or a state continues.
The line
진이랑 진지하게 만나고 있어
I’m seriously seeing Jin.
The speaker briefly gives an update about their romantic or relationship status.
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More examples
지금 보고서를 정리하고 있어.
I’m organizing the report right now.
아이가 방에서 책을 읽고 있어.
The child is reading a book in the room.
Quick check
When would you use this expression?
고 있어
진이랑 진지하게 만나고 있어
I’m seriously seeing Jin.
- Saying that one met briefly and immediately parted.
- Briefly conveying that a relationship is continuing now.
- Saying that one remembered an old memory for the first time.
Show the answer
Briefly conveying that a relationship is continuing now.
To be in the middle of or continue an action or state. Attached to a verb stem to indicate progress or continuation. Depending on the context, it can show not only an action in progress but also an ongoing current state. It does not attach to adjectives (*예쁘고 있다, “to be pretty” in progress). With verbs such as 입다, 쓰다, and 알다, as in ‘입고 있다’, ‘쓰고 있다’, and ‘알고 있다’, it can also mean that the resulting state continues.
Other words in this line
- 진지하다
- Serious
- 만나다
- To meet; to date
- 있다
- To exist; to be
Same expression in other scenes
- 믿고 있어요 — The state of believing is continuing.
- 오버하고 있어 — Currently doing something excessively.
- 알고 있죠 — Being in a state of knowing that continues.
- 오바하고 있어 — Are overdoing it
- 하고 있어 — You’re doing well; you’re doing it now.
- 생각하고 있어 — Am thinking about it
- 듣고 있어 — I’m listening; I’m in the middle of listening.
More ENHYPEN scenes
- No.802좋아하면 안 돼— Must not like; is not allowed to like
- No.800좋아하게 됐다— Came to be in a state of liking
- No.803줄 수 없어— Have no ability or room to give it
- No.799왜 불렀어— Why you called me
- No.804책임질 수 있다고— Having the ability to take responsibility
- No.798그렇다잖아— Saying that it is so, as if reminding the listener that they already know.
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