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Originally Posted by Maxful
Hi masaegu san, I have a question which I want to be sure about, and that is if I can say "田中さん、今日勤めているんですか?" (Mr. Tanaka, are you working today?".
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No, you cannot say that to mean anything. You cannot combine 今日 and 勤めている.
勤めている means you belong to that organization (which frequently would require you to commute there to work). It's not something that changes on a daily basis. You are still 勤めている even if you have been sick in bed for two weeks.
To say "Are you working today, Mr. Tanaka?", you can say 「田中さん,
今日はお勤めですか。」 or 「田中さん、今日はお仕事ですか。」.