걷고

This is the 4675th most frequent Korean word.

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걷고

"걷고" means "walking" or "and walk" in English, depending on context.


In this sentence, '걷고' is used as the present progressive tense ('걷고 있다') of the verb '걷다', meaning 'to walk'.

나는 아침에 공원에서 걷고 있습니다.

I am walking in the park in the morning.


Here, '걷고 싶어요' shows the desire to perform the action of walking, formed by adding '싶다' to the verb stem.

친구와 이야기하며 길을 걷고 싶어요.

I want to walk on the road while talking with my friend.


In this sentence, '걷고 있던' indicates an ongoing action in past perfect progressive form, combined with '있다' and indicating the walking being done previously.

비가 오고 있기에, 나는 걷고 있던 길에서 멈췄다.

Because it is raining, I stopped on the road I was walking.