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Offline teacher_del

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pronouns
« on: March 18, 2011, 01:37:10 pm »
What are the basic pronouns in Korean?  I know I is 나 (or 나는), you is 너, and we is 우리,but what about they, it, and third-person singular (and is there any way to indicate gender with that)? 

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Re: pronouns
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2011, 01:40:24 pm »
i 나                   we 우리
you  너              they 그들
he 그
she 그녀
it 그분

That's the friendly version.  You should also learn the higher polite version.  Feel free to correct me as I self-study from phrase books and friends.
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Re: pronouns
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2011, 01:50:42 pm »
Thanks!  I need them for translation for my board display, and all my coteachers have gone school supply shopping.  :( 

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Re: pronouns
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2011, 03:57:20 pm »
If I were you, just to have extra sources, try a google search (even the language tools, as funny as they are, may work for the basics).  Don't go by just me; I'm a cheap-o who doesn't want to pay for Korean lessons in university!
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Re: pronouns
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2011, 05:07:29 pm »
그것 is the correct form for "it."  Okay!  Good to know!  :) 

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Re: pronouns
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2011, 06:53:07 pm »
이  = this (this which is near you)
 그 = that (near the person you are speaking to)
저 = that (that way over there)


저 is also "I."

것 = thing or item, so when you're trying to say "that thing", like if you're pointing at something, it would be 그것.
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