고 있다
Romanisation: go itda
in the middle of (doing)
Example sentence
저는 지금 밥을 먹고 있어요.
Jeoneun jigeum babeul meokgo isseoyo.
I am eating right now.
What 고 있다 means
고 있다 (go itda) is an Korean word meaning “in the middle of (doing)”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Korean.
More Grammar & Phrases words
Level 2
-았어요/었어요
-asseoyo/eosseoyo
completed-action particle (past tense ending)
으로
euro
toward
에서부터
eseobuteo
away from (distance)
벌써
beolsseo
already
제일
jeil
the most
그래서
geuraeseo
so; therefore
하지 마세요
haji maseyo
don't
게
ge
(degree particle)
매
mae
every
에게
ege
passive marker (by)
꼭
kkok
must; without fail
물론
mullon
of course