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Grammar detail: 〜ているところ

〜ているところ doing ~ (just) now; doing ~ at the present moment

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verb ている

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ところ (だ)

means

doing ~ (just) now doing; in the act of doing; doing ~ at the present moment

When this expression ends a sentence だ or です will sometimes be placed after ところ. However, in everyday casual conversation, だ or です is often omitted.

は

を

べているところだ。

She is having lunch now.

がみんなとトランプをしているところをみました。

I saw him playing cards with all of them.

そうとしているところです。

I'm trying to remember.

は

みをしているところを

つかった。

He was detected in the very act of stealing.

だった or でした placed at the end of the expression form the past.

はそのとき

ゆうしょく

を

っているところだった。

She was cooking dinner at that time.

Another similar common expression is

いま

今

のところ, which means 'at the moment', or 'right now'.

のところまだセーターは

がっていない。

As yet, I have not completed the sweater.

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See also:

〜ところ just (about to / almost)

ところ as a nominalizer or temporal noun

たところ（です/だ) just finished doing~

Kanji used in this grammar

今

コンキンいま now

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彼

ヒかれ he

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女

ジョニョニョウ woman; female おんな woman め woman

昼

チュウひる noon, daytime

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飯

ハンめし boiled rice, food

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食

ショクジキ food たべる to eat くう to eat

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思

シおもう to think

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出

シュツスイだす to take out, to put out でる to go out, to exit

夕

セキゆう night

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作

サクサつくる to make

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来

ライくる to come きたる to be forthcoming きたす to induce

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上

ジョウショウうえ above うわ- above あげる to raise あがる to rise かみ first half, upper part のぼる to climb のぼせる to bring up, to raise のぼす to bring up

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