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Korean Demonstratives Posted by on Oct 16, 2009

In English demonstratives would be words like ‘this’, ‘that’, or ‘over there’. In Korean, the demonstrative prefix for ‘this’ is 이, that = 그, that over there = 저. To be more specific, 이것 is used when the object is close to the speaker. Therefore a sentence like 이것은 제 책이에요 would mean that the 책…

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