Using -는 것
Can anybody explain me how to use -는 것? I really can't get it ;_;

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From https://www.koreanclass101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2588

Let's Break --는 것 
First, Here, --"는" is sort of usage of "to verb" or "V+--ing". 
For examples, 
보다 "see" becomes 보 (verb-stem) + 는 = 보는 (seeing, to see) 
하다 "do" becomes 하 (verb-stem) + 는 = 하는 (doing, to do) 
먹다 "eat" becomes 먹 (verb-stem) + 는 = 먹는 (eating, to eat) 
배우다 "learn" becomes 배우 (verb-stem) + 는 = 배우는 (learning, to learn)

Now, let's take a look at "것". 
"것" is 'Possessive Pronoun' that attaches to 'adjective' or 'Verb + -ing' (most times) and help the phrase to become NOUN. 
Remember this - in the sentence, A is B, A must be NOUN or Noun phrase.

"Seeing is believing" = 보는 ("seeing" - adjective) + 이다 ("is" - verb) + 믿는 ("believing" - adjective) 
If I literally translate it, "Seeing is believing" becomes 보는 믿는 이다, which is NOT a Korean sentence at all. 
HOWEVER, you can make it correct by attaching 것 right after 'Verb+ing' and, it becomes NOUN!!!

보는 "seeing" + 것 "possessive pronoun" = 보는 것 (FINALLY "seeing" becomes NOUN) in Korean.

Okay, I hope now you understood some of this grammar rule. 
Okay, go back to "Seeing is believing" = (literal translation) is 보는 믿는 이다. 
Now you know how to make 'Verb+ing' into NOUN by attaching 것. 
"Seeing" 보는 + 것 "Possessive Pronoun" = 보는 것 "seeing (NOUN)" 
"Believing" 믿는 + 것 = 믿는 것 "believing (NOUN)" 
Finally, the correct translation for "seeing is believing" is 보는 것 + 은(Topic Marking Particle) 믿는 것 이다. 
보는 것은 믿는 것이다. "seeing is believing" 
"Doing is necessary" 하는 것은 필요하다. 
"Eating is essential" 먹는 것은 필수적이다. 
"Learning Korean is my dream" 한국어를 배우는 것은 + "learning Korean" 내 꿈 + "my dream" 이다 "is" 
=한국어를 배우는 것은 내 꿈이다. 
Same thing with "My dream is to learn Korean." = 내 꿈은 "my dream" + 한국어를 배우는 것 "learning Korean" + 이다 "is" 
=내 꿈은 한국어를 배우는 것이다.

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The verb ending -는 makes a present tense adjective form indicating an action in progress or in the general sense.
e.g. 내가 하는 일 = The work I do.

-는 것 is a case where the noun has a broad sense of a thing, matter, fact, etc.
It can also create a noun clause, as in [대중의 인기를 얻는 것]은 모든 연기자의 꿈이다 (It is every performer's dream [to attain the popularity with the public]).

Examples:
- 먹는 것 = (The act of) eating.
- 내가 좋아하는 것 = The things I like.
- 먼저 해야 하는 것 = What I need to do first.
- 거짓말을 하는 것은 나쁜 짓이다 = It is wrong to tell a lie.