I always do and I'm always doing
Usually we say "I always do something" (= I do it every time):
- I always go to work by car. (not I'm always going)
나는 항상 차를 타고 직장에 간다. (실제로 항상 직장에 차를 타고 가는 경우)
You can also say "I'm always doing something," but this has a different meaning.
- I've lost my key again. I'm always losing things.
나는 또 열쇠를 잃어버렸다. 난 항상 이렇다니깐. (말 그대로 매일 잃어버리는것이 아니라
잃어버리는 경우가 많다는 것을 뜻한다.)
"I'm always losing things" does not mean that I lose things every time.
It means that I lose things too often or more often than normal.
You're always -ing means that you do something very often,
more often than the speaker thinks is normal or reasonable.
<excerpts from Grammar in Use Intermediate>
Usually we say "I always do something" (= I do it every time):
- I always go to work by car. (not I'm always going)
나는 항상 차를 타고 직장에 간다. (실제로 항상 직장에 차를 타고 가는 경우)
You can also say "I'm always doing something," but this has a different meaning.
- I've lost my key again. I'm always losing things.
나는 또 열쇠를 잃어버렸다. 난 항상 이렇다니깐. (말 그대로 매일 잃어버리는것이 아니라
잃어버리는 경우가 많다는 것을 뜻한다.)
"I'm always losing things" does not mean that I lose things every time.
It means that I lose things too often or more often than normal.
You're always -ing means that you do something very often,
more often than the speaker thinks is normal or reasonable.
<excerpts from Grammar in Use Intermediate>
