공부하지만 or 공부하고 있지만?
Hello!
If I want to say ”I study in Uppsala but I live in Stockholm”, should I say:
나는 Uppsala에서 공부하지만 나는 Stockholm에 살고 있어요
or..
나는 Uppsala에서 공부하고 있지만 나는 Stockholm에 살고 있어요?
??
Now this might get a little bit complicated. But my first question is, if a city ends with a vowel, for example an A, like Uppsala, is it still the 에서 ending that I should use?
And the second and bigger question is, should I say 공부하고 있지만 or 공부하지만? What’s the difference between these two?
Thanks! :)
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1. verb + 고 있다 : present progressive form
e.g. 저는 숙제하고 있어요. ( I'm doing my homework.)
e.g. 저는 스톡홀름에 살고 있어요. (I'm living in Stockholm.)
2. 에 VS 에서
2.1. 에 + descriptive verbs ( e.g. 있다, 없다, 많다, 적다, 살다, 남다, 흔하다, 드물다)
에 + 가다, 오다, 도착하다 (They come after '에' even though these are action verbs.)
e.g. 우리집에 피아노가 있어요. (There is a piano at my house.)
집에 가요. (I'm going home.)
학교에 언제 도착해요? (When do you arrive at school?)
2.2. 에서 + action verbs ( e.g. 공부하다, 수영하다, 노래하다, 운동하다, 자다, 먹다 etc)
e.g. 저는 주로 도서관에서 공부해요. (I usually study at the library.)
우리 언니는 매일 학교 수영장에서 수영해요. (My older sister swims at her school swimming pool every day.)
* It doesn't have anything to do with vowels or consonants.
** "저는 웁살라에서 공부하지만 스톡홀름에 살고 있어요." would sound more natural.
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