Lesson 10 - Pronouns (They) - 그들, 걔들, 그분들

As I actually have explained within the previous post, "He and She" area unit terribly sometimes utilized in spoken Korean. it's identical within the case of "They" yet. it's hardly utilized in traditional conversations (except for 걔들 / 걔네들, the informal type of "They" that is a lot of oftentimes utilized in informal spoken Korean)

What we tend to do instead is to talk to somebody by their names, position or standing in society or not simply mentioning "He, She, or They" in the slightest degree in spoken languages as long because the speakers having a conversation understand UN agency they are talking regarding.

But for the sake of completeness, I embrace the varied varieties of "They" below. they are a lot of seemingly to be utilized in songs, dramas and books with the exception of 걔들 / 걔네들 that, as I same earlier, area unit used very often in informal spoken Korean among shut friends or folks of comparable age in an exceedingly shut social network.

    Note: basically, 걔들 and 걔네들 area unit each used as "They" in informal spoken Korean, and area unit typically interchangeable.



Informal kind (그들 / 그녀들, They)

    그들 / 그녀들 = They
        걔들 / 걔네들 (usually in spoken Korean)
        그들 (when touching on a gaggle of men or a mixed-sex group)
        그녀들 (when touching on a gaggle of gals only)


    그들은 = They + 은 (Topic particle)
        걔들은 / 걔네들은 (usually in spoken Korean)


    그들이 = They + 이 (Identifier particle)
        걔들이 / 걔네들이 (usually in spoken Korean)


    그들도 = They + 도 (Additive particle)
        걔들도 / 걔네들도 (usually in spoken Korean)


    그들을 = They + 를 (Object particle)
        걔들을 / 걔네들을 (usually in spoken Korean)


    그들의 = Their
        걔들 / 걔네들 (의 is typically omitted in spoken Korean)


    그들의 것 = Theirs (written Korean)
        걔들 꺼 / 걔네들 꺼 (usually in spoken Korean)



Polite kind (그분들, They)

    그분들 = They

    그분들은 = They + 은 (Topic particle)

    그분들이 = They + 이 (Identifier particle)

    그분들도 = They + 도 (Additive particle)

    그분들을 = They + 를 (Object particle)


    그분들의 = Their
        그분들 (의 is typically omitted in spoken Korean)


    그분들의 것 = Theirs (written Korean)
        그분들 꺼 (usually in spoken Korean)