V+ 고 계시다 A subject honorific expression for ‘V+ 고 있다’.

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(전화로) 지금 뭐 하고 계세요?

(On the phone) What are you doing now?

빨래를 개고 있어요.

I am folding the laundry.

빨래가 많아요?

Do you have a lot of laundries?

네, 가족이 많아서 빨래가 많아요.

Yes, my family is big, so we have a lot of laundries.
V+ 고 계시다

It is a subject honorific expression for ‘V+ 고 있다’.

아버지께서 뭘 읽고 계세요?

What is my father reading?

할머니께서 까만 모자를 쓰고 계세요.

My grandmother is wearing a black hat.

여기에서 기다리고 계십시오.

Please stay waiting here.

Related words

빨래를 개다 to fold the laundry

빨래 laundry

까맣다 to be black

모자 a hat

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute

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