-는 길이다
neun gilida
Grammar · 1 sense
on my way in the process of going/coming
Examples
제가 집에 가는 길이에요.
I am on my way home.
지금 회사에서 나오는 길이에요.
I am on my way out of the office.
산을 올라가는 길이에요.
I am on my way up the mountain.
When you'd hear it
Common in polite conversation, especially when explaining your current location or timing by phone or message. It often appears as 가는 길이에요 or 오는 길이에요 in everyday speech, rather than in formal writing.
What learners get wrong
This means being en route, not simply being in the middle of an activity. Compare -는 중이다: 집에 가는 길이다 means you are on the way home, while 집에 가는 중이다 focuses on the process of going home.
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