Level 1 Lesson 7 / This, That, It / 이, 그, 저Level 1 Lesson 7 / This, That, It / 이, 그, 저
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In this lesson, you can learn how to say “this” “that” “it” and “the” in Korean. In English, “this” and “that” can work as both modifiers and pronouns, but you need to use different words in Korean. This is because in Korean “this” as in “this is a book” is composed of two parts, 이 (this) + 거 (thing). Find out more about how to use these words in Korean by listening to the lesson and checking out the free PDF file attached to the lesson. If you have any question, as always, please feel free to leave them here! 감사합니다!
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Excellent lessons! ^_^ Just wanted to point out a small copy-paste typo in the PDF: on the second page, under the use of jeo, you have geu instead of jeo for the romanization.
It is really amazing. This talk to me in korean is way better than books. I bought a dictionary, but that did not work out well. Then I went searching for an audio learning and I found this. It is rather interesting because there is a communication between two people rather than one. So it is understandable on how you can use it on a person. Thanks a lot.
감사합니다!!
Is this the same as in Japanese with “Koko” “Soko” and “Asoko”?
저거 사람이에요? (Who’s that?)
이거 제 집이에요 (This is my house)
그거 뭐 예요? (What’s that?)
Are these correct?
We don’t call people like 이것, 저것, or 그것. It can be really rude. :(
The meaning of “Who’s that?” is “저 사람은 누구예요?”.
Other sentences are correct. 잘했어요!
Hello guys. First I wanna thank you for your work, for teaching us korea, a beautifull language and country tha I love so much *.* I’m from Portugal, Europe . I have a doubt: 어it’s “eo” and 오 it’s “o” right? but by any chance it could be reversed? I’m mean 어like”o” and 오like “eo”. Because I watch so many people making this mistake and I get confused, because actually the pronunciation in english and korean it’s like: 어like”o” and 오like “eo”. I’m sorry if I confused you, but I’m pretty much confused too xD Thank you so much for your great website, I’m learning so much and I’m in love with all about korea ^^.
Hello Ines,
Well, I don’t think there won’t be a chance that they can be reversed. :( As we have heard different things so far, we have different ears, so we may have difficulties in hearing some sounds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzxKRxPFDKw
I think if you listen Korean a lot, the issue can be better.
another great lesson!
감사합니다
This lesson was great! I really understood the difference between the pronoun form and the modifier form :D
And this was already mentioned but there is a romanization error with the “jeo-geout” and “jeo-geo” forms.
Thanks a lot! :D
you used 이 사람 instead of 이거 사람
so i want to know if it’s okay to use 거 in the second sentence as well.
감사합니다
In the example you used 이 사람 is it okay if i can use this sentence as well 이거 사람 after i add 거
감사합나다
It is weird. We don’t add 거 to people, especially when we indicate to people.
Anyounhasayo
*If i said that write*
I don’t understand the PDF why are the colore balls there also what is it conneting too.?
Hi Jade,
The color balls is for showing you the distance and helping you understand the usage of 이, 그, 저.
I just have a question regarding “geot” and it’s Korean spelling.
I am getting confused with 것 for “geot”
Why the ㅅ instead of theㅌ? Am I taking the romanization too literally?
Thank you in advance.
At the end of a word or before a consonant, all Korean consonants are pronounced without releasing air and as a result, the sound changes. For the ㅅ sound, it turns to a ㄷ (t) sound because you are not releasing any air when finishing the word. For example, 옷 (ot) is pronounced with the “t/d” sound because your tongue is kind of trapped between your teeth when you’re finished!! It’s really hard to not release any air when saying the ㅅ sound, so the t/d sound (ㄷ) is used to ease pronunciation. There are a number of consonants that change sounds at the end of a word, so please refer to this chart: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/smorriskc/FinalChart.png
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