No. 2,275 in Korean
하다가
"하다가" means "while doing" or "in the middle of doing."
In a sentence
운동을 하다가 다쳤어요.
I got injured while exercising.
The word '하다가' is used to indicate an interruption or a change of state occurring during the course of the action described earlier in the sentence, which is '운동을 하다'.
책을 읽다가 잠이 들었어요.
I fell asleep while reading a book.
Here, '하다가' signifies the transition from actively reading to unexpectedly falling asleep during that action.
길을 걷다가 친구를 만났어요.
I ran into a friend while walking on the road.
In this sentence, '하다가' is used to show a sudden occurrence, meeting a friend, during the ongoing act of walking.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “하다가” in actual Korean podcasts.
Find “하다가” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Korean podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 한국어, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Korean books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).