Conversation Chapter 4-2
🎯 Lesson Goal: Can ask and answer what someone is doing in Korean.
Hi Nova Learners! Welcome to the Conversation class!
Today, we are going to learn Chapter 4-2: ask and answer what someone is doing.
After this lesson, you will be able to ask and answer what someone is doing in Korean.
But if you haven’t studied the Vocabulary and Grammar for this chapter yet, go back and master those first!
📌 1. The Dialogue

| Korean | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 프엉: 왕민 씨, 지금 뭐 해요? | Wangmin, what are you doing now? Wangmin, ano ang ginagawa mo ngayon? |
| 왕민: 저는 텔레비전을 봐요. 프엉 씨도 지금 텔레비전을 봐요? | I’m watching TV. Are you watching TV too? Nanonood ako ng TV. Nanonood ka rin ba ngayon? |
| 프엉: 아니요. 저는 밥을 먹어요. | No. I’m eating. Hindi. Kumakain ako. |
🎧 2. Practice with Nova Player!
Learn with your ears, NOT your eyes!
Listen and repeat again and again until it feels natural to you! 👇
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📖 3. Check Your Understanding
1. 왕민 씨는 지금 뭐 해요?
2. 프엉 씨는 지금 뭐 해요?
👀Show Answers
1. 텔레비전을 봐요.
2. 밥을 먹어요.
💡 Nova’s Tip
The object marker ‘을/를’ attaches right after the noun you’re acting on — 밥을 먹어요, 텔레비전을 봐요. Batchim noun → 을, vowel-ending noun → 를.
🇵🇭 Ang object marker na ‘을/를’ ay idinudugtong sa noun na kinikilos mo — 밥을 먹어요, 텔레비전을 봐요. May batchim → 을, walang batchim → 를.
📝 4. EPS-TOPIK Actual Test Practice
Practice speaking like a real test using the provided expressions.
🇵🇭 Magsanay sa pagsasalita na parang tunay na pagsusulit gamit ang mga ibinigay na ekspresyon.
가 : 자하라 씨, 지금 뭐 해요?
나 : 저는 책을 읽어요.
가 : 진수 씨는 뭐 해요?
나 : 저는 지금 커피를 마셔요.
Fill in the blanks using: 사과를 먹다, 영화를 보다
가 : 왕민 씨는 지금 뭐 해요?
나 : 저는 [ ]요
진수 씨는 뭐 해요?
나 : 저는 지금 [ ]요
👀 Check Answer
나 : 사과를 먹어
나 : 영화를 봐
Source: HRD Korea Standard Textbook for EPS-TOPIK, rearranged by Teacher Nova for easier learning.
Pinagmulan: HRD Korea Standard Textbook para sa EPS-TOPIK, inayos ni Teacher Nova para sa mas madaling pag-aaral.