Learn Korean (eng) (grammar & voc)

this (이) and that (그 / 저)

guess who is back? ME!! sorry for not posting anything for a whole month but I have school and that and I have 4 fan acc, and I haven't been home and all of that...well here's a new "lesson" hope you like it and learn from it

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Before we have learned that 이 is the word for "this" in korean
We use 이 in Korean when we are talking about something that is within touching distance (For example: this pen ➡the one I am holding). 이 (this) is placed before the noun it is describing.
For example:

이 사람 = This person
이 남자 = This man
이 여자 = This woman
이 차 = This car
이 탁자 = This table
이 의자 = This chair

Unfortunately, there are two words for "that": 그 and 저. Early learners of Korean are always confused with the difference between this two words

We use 그 when we are talking about something from a previous sentence or from previous context, regardless of if you could see it or not. Giving examples would be too difficult right now because you do not know any Korean sentences. However, if I were to say:
"I don't like that man [when your friend mentioned him in a previous
sentence]."
The word "that" in that sentence would be how "그" is used.

We use 저 when we are talking about something that we can see, but cannot touch because it's too far away.

We can place "그" or "저" before a noun to describe "this" or "that" thing just like we did with "이".

이 사람 = This person
그 사람 = That person
저 사람 = That person
이 남자 = This man
그 남자 = That man
저 남자 = That man
이 여자 = This woman
그 여자 = That woman
저 여자 = That woman
이 의자 = This chair
그 의자 = That chair
저 의자 = That chair
이 탁자 = This table
그 탁자 = That table
저 탁자 = That table

it is important to remember that this two words do not have the same meaning in Korean.

One of the most common words in Korean is "것" meaning "thing" When 이, 그 or 저 are placed before "것," the result is a compound word. Therefore, when placing "것" after 이, 그 or 저, there should not be a space between the two. For exemple:

이것 = this thing
그것 = that thing
저것 = that thing

We see this same happen with other common words that you learn in future lessons. You don't need to worry about this now, but we see this same thing happen with the word 곳 (place) and 때 (time).

With these words, the word "thing" isn't necessary in the English translation.
Let me explain.
I'll use "that" as an example, but the same idea can be applied to the word "this."
"That" can be placed before a noun to describe it. As we saw earlier:

That person
That man
That woman

However, it can also be a noun itself.
For example:

I like that

In this type of sentence, "that" is referring to something that you like. It is a noun. It is a thing. It can be a pronoun then... Therefore, the sentence could just as easily be said as:

I like that thing.

Using this/that with 이다

Now that we know how to use 이, 그 and 저 (and 이것, 그것 and 저것), we can now make sentences like this:

that person is a doctor

We can start by putting those words into the Korean structure:

That person 는 doctor is

And then changing the English words to the appropriate Korean words:

그 사랑은 + 의사 + 이다
      ⬇
그 사랑은 의사이나
↘(그 사랑은 의사야 / 그 사랑은 의사여요

More examples:

그 사람은 선생님이다 = That person is a teacher
↘(그 사람은 선생님이야 / 그 사람은 선생님이에요)

이것은 탁자이다 = This (thing) is a table
↘(이것은 탁자야 / 이것은 탁자예요)

저것은 침대이다 = That (thing) is a bed
↘(저것은 침대야 / 저것은 침대예요)

그 사람은 남자이다 = That person is a man
↘(그 사람은 남자야 / 그 사람은 남자예요)

그 사람은 여자이다 = That person is a woman
↘(그 사람은 여자야 / 그 사람은 여자예요)

그것은 차이다 = That (thing) is a car
↘(그것은 차야 / 그것은 차예요)

이것은 나무이다 = This (thing) is a tree
↘(이것은 나무야 / 이것은 나무예요)
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okay and that's it for this chapter.....really hope you like it! FIGHTING!
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-Lia