Talking About What You Are Doing

How to form actions in progress forms:

• Step 1: Have the verb in its て form.
• Step 2: Add います [imasu].

聴いています [kiiteimasu]
I'm listening.

-て [te] form of Group 1 verb whose root ends in 'ku':

• Example: 聴く [kiku]
• Step 1. Make it the polite form
• Step 2. Drop the -ます [masu]
• Step 3. Drop the k sound before 'i'
• Step 4. Attach て [te]

コーヒーを飲んでいます [kōhī o nondeimasu]
I'm drinking coffee.

-て [te] form of Group 1 verb ends with 'nu', 'mu', or 'bu':

• Example: 飲む [nomu]
• Step 1. Drop the last syllable
• Step 2. Attach -んで [nde]

行っています [itteimasu]
I'm going.

Group 1 verb whose last sound before the '-u' is a vowel (行く applies the same):

• Example: 行く [iku]
• Step 1. Drop the last syllable
• Step 2. Attach って [tte]

• A: 今、何をしていますか
  What are you doing now?
• B: コーヒーを飲んでいます [kōhī o nondeimasu]
  I'm drinking coffee.
• A: いいですね！
  That sounds nice!
• A: 今、何を聴いていますか [ima, nani o kiiteimasu ka]
  What are you listening to right now?
• B: 音楽を聴いています
  I'm listening to music.