Be doing in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA Japanese auxiliary following the verb's connecting form that presents an action as ongoing at the reference time.

Definition in Japanese動詞について、その時に動作が続いていることを表します。

Example sentences

• 今(いま)、昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)を食(た)べています。🔊

  I am eating lunch now.

• 姉(あね)は部屋(へや)で本(ほん)を読(よ)んでいる。🔊

  My sister is reading in her room.

Learn it in a lesson

• Japanese て-Forms and Auxiliary Combinations

be doing in other languages

• What be doing means
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