〜ているところです

N4

right in the middle of doing

Structure

Verb (te-form) + いるところです

Explanation

Describes what you are doing right now. Useful when someone asks about your task status: 今、調べているところです (I'm looking into it right now). Compare: 〜するところです (about to do), 〜したところです (just did).

Example sentences

ima, bagu no gen'in o shirabete iru tokoro desu

I am in the middle of investigating the cause of the bug right now.

shiryou o tsukutte iru tokoro desu

I am in the middle of making the documents.

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