つくろうとしている
つくる ー To create
している ー Is doing
What is the うと part?
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Sign up to join this communityThis is parsed as 作ろう + とする.
作ろう is the volitional form of 作る. When this form is combined with とする, it gives a meaning of try to do. The -ている makes it present progressive.
作ろうとしている = To be trying to create