Are you doing? - ~는 거야? [Informal]

Are you doing? - ~는 거야?

는 거야 is commonly used in situations where you see somebody doing something and you want to ask them what they are doing. Again, 는 거야 can only be used when you are actually watching somebody doing something, and you want to ask them what they are doing.

● Rule 

Take 다 off a plain verb and add 는 거야?

• 하다 → 하는 거야? = Are you doing?
• 가다 → 가는 거야? = Are you going?
• 읽다 → 읽는 거야? = Are you reading?
• 보다 → 보는 거야? = Are you watching?
• 쓰다 → 쓰는 거야? = Are you writing?
• 먹다 → 먹는 거야? = Are you eating?
• 마시다 → 마시는 거야? = Are you drinking?
• 자다 → 자는 거야? = Are you sleeping?
• 보내다 → 보내는 거야? = Are you sending?
  

Eg.

• 일 하는 거야? = Are you working?
• 학교 숙제 하는 거야? = Are you doing school homework?
• 점심 먹는 거야? = Are you having lunch?
• 집에 가는 거야? = Are you going home?
• 교회 가는 거야? = Are you going to church?
  
• 물  마시는 거야? = Are you drinking water?
• 영화 보는 거야? = Are you watching a movie?
• 에세이 쓰는 거야? = Are you writing an essay?
• 문자 메시지 보내는 거야? = Are you sending a txt message?
  
• 벌써 자는 거야? = Are you sleeping already?
  

You can add 언제, 어디, 누가, 뭐, 어떻게 or 왜 [when, where, who, what, how or why] in front of ~는 거야? to make these sentences.

• 뭐 하는 거야? = What are you doing?
• 뭐 읽는 거야? = What are you reading?
• 뭐 보는 거야? = What are you watching?
• 뭐 쓰는 거야? = What are you writing?
• 뭐 먹는 거야? = What are you eating?
• 뭐 마시는 거야? = What are you drinking?
• 뭐 보내는 거야? = What are you sending?
• 어디 가는 거야? = Where are you going?
• 누가 자는 거야? = Who is sleeping?
• 누가 하는 거야? = Who is doing?
• 어떻게 쓰는 거야? = How are you writing?
  
• 왜 하는 거야? = Why are you doing?

Related posts:

• Are you doing? - ~시는 거예요? [Polite]
• Are we doing? - 하는 거야 / 거예요?