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Monday, January 27, 2014

Lesson 9 - Pronouns (He, She) - 얘, 쟤, 걔

Following the previous post, Pronouns (He, She) - 그, 그녀, 걔, 그분, we're about to learn a lot of regarding the assorted ways that during which "He and She" area unit utilized in spoken Korean.

There area unit 3 basic ways that to confer with somebody (he or she), namely 얘, 쟤 and 걔. they're utilized in an identical thanks to Pronouns- This, It, That.

    얘 = He or She (This person)
    쟤 = He or She (That person)
    걔 = He or She (The person we're talking regarding UN agency isn't gift here)


얘, 쟤 and 걔 area unit the non-public equivalents of 이것, 저것, 그것 that area unit accustomed confer with "things or inanimate objects."

Example sentences:

    효민: 톰 안녕, 얘는 안나야
    Hyo-min: Hey, Tom. This (person) is Pakistani monetary unit.


    톰: 효민아 안녕. 안녕 안나, 만나서 반가워.
    Tom: Hey Hyo-min, Hi Anna, nice to fulfill you.


    톰: 저기 대학빌딩 앞에 쟤는 누구야?
    Tom: UN agency is that (person) before of the university building over there?


    효민: 아, 쟤는 성준이야.
    Hyo-min: Well, that (person) is Sung-jun.


    톰: 아, 그리고, 걔가 누구더라? 예전에 시티에서 같이 저녁 먹었던 애.
    Tom: Oh, right. And, UN agency was that person (not present)? The guy we have a tendency to had a dinner along with within the town a minute past.


Note: As has been explained within the previous post,

    얘, 쟤 and 걔 area unit terribly informal varieties of "he and he or she," and so, it's typically used among shut friends, and once touching on people of comparable age in an exceedingly shut social network.


    Therefore, 얘, 쟤 and 걔 would in all probability ne'er be used once touching on somebody UN agency is older or senior than you.


    Even once you are touching on somebody UN agency is younger or junior than you, you'd in all probability avoid mistreatment 얘, 쟤 and 걔 if a point of respect is anticipated for every different in an exceedingly given speech. as an alternative, you'd use that person's name, or use the complete version of 걔, that is 그 아이.

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