Be in the middle of... N 중이다

Use case

When talking about being in the middle of something, for example driving or making a cake.

A: 지금 뭐 해? What are you doing now?

B: 운전하는 중이야. I’m in the middle of driving

or

B: 운전 중아야.

In conversation, you can leave out the 이다 part.

Construction

You need to add 중이다 to something that has noun value. You can give a verb noun value by adding -는 to the verb stem.

Don’t use -기 to give a verb noun value. It sounds awkward with this construction.

Noun

Add 중이다 after the noun.

출장 중이다.

Verb with noun value

See also

• Comparison with V+고 있다